Over the past several months, as the general public has become more aware of the dangers of critical race theory (CRT), proponents of CRT have pulled back from strong positions that they have maintained over the past ten years. Where they had been advocating strongly for CRT, they now have retreated to weaker, more easily defensible positions - even denying that they had ever advocated for CRT in the first place.

This “being strong when unquestioned” and then wholly disowning any claims to the strong position by retreating to a weaker position is referred to as the motte & bailey rhetorical strategy or the motte & bailey fallacy. It is a type of strategic equivocation between an easily defended but unrepresentative claim and an indefensible but representative and desired claim.

In this in-depth discussion, Dr. James Lindsay explains how the Motte & Bailey position has been skillfully used by politicians, politicians, pastors and corporate CEOs as they seek to shift our civilization to the far left.

Connect with James Lindsay at https://newdiscourses.com and https://twitter.com/ConceptualJames. Follow Michael O'Fallon at https://twitter.com/SovMichael.

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