he is not only willing to have an affair, but he’s willing to break the law to hide it.
This too is another example of the fallacy I’m describing. The fact that OJ Simpson was acquitted of a double homicide doesn’t change my mind that he did in fact kill two people, all it tells me is that the legal system did not find him guilty of the allegations. If someone started every conversation about OJ with “exonerated celebrity football player OJ Simpson”, it’s obvious what connotations they’re trying to convey without having to communicate them directly.
This too is another example of the fallacy I’m describing. The fact that OJ Simpson was acquitted of a double homicide doesn’t change my mind that he did in fact kill two people, all it tells me is that the legal system did not find him guilty of the allegations. If someone started every conversation about OJ with “exonerated celebrity football player OJ Simpson”, it’s obvious what connotations they’re trying to convey without having to communicate them directly.