A version of this that I hear fairly often is “it’s common sense that...”
It works in the same way in that it makes it socially costly to argue against but is more insidious than “everybody knows” (at least in my circles “it’s common sense” has more of a veneer of respectability).
Both also have their proper uses which I think makes the improper uses more difficult to counter.
A version of this that I hear fairly often is “it’s common sense that...”
It works in the same way in that it makes it socially costly to argue against but is more insidious than “everybody knows” (at least in my circles “it’s common sense” has more of a veneer of respectability).
Both also have their proper uses which I think makes the improper uses more difficult to counter.