I’ll stick with motte-and-bailey (though actually, I use “bait-and-switch” more often). In my experience, most of the time it’s useful to point out to someone, it _is_ intentional, or at least negligent. Very often this is my response to someone repeating a third-party argument point, and the best thing to do is to be very explicit that it’s not valid.
I’ll argue that the accusation is inherent in the thing. Introducing the term “defiswitchion”, requires that you explain it, and it _still_ is accusing your correspondent of sloppy or motivated unclarity.
Defiswitchion just describes what happend without implying ill will, Motte and bailey was an actual military strategy meaning you frame the debate as a battle with them acting aggressively. Bait-and-switch is arguably even worse in implying mal-intent. Getting it pointed out to you that you used an invalid argument still stings, but doesn’t sour a debate nearly as much as your interlocutor accusing you of active sabotage. Most people don’t even know what ad hominem means let alone being able to construct complicated rhetorical techniques. But that doesn’t matter because you should always extend the principle of charity to someone anyway.
I’ll stick with motte-and-bailey (though actually, I use “bait-and-switch” more often). In my experience, most of the time it’s useful to point out to someone, it _is_ intentional, or at least negligent. Very often this is my response to someone repeating a third-party argument point, and the best thing to do is to be very explicit that it’s not valid.
I’ll argue that the accusation is inherent in the thing. Introducing the term “defiswitchion”, requires that you explain it, and it _still_ is accusing your correspondent of sloppy or motivated unclarity.
Defiswitchion just describes what happend without implying ill will, Motte and bailey was an actual military strategy meaning you frame the debate as a battle with them acting aggressively. Bait-and-switch is arguably even worse in implying mal-intent. Getting it pointed out to you that you used an invalid argument still stings, but doesn’t sour a debate nearly as much as your interlocutor accusing you of active sabotage. Most people don’t even know what ad hominem means let alone being able to construct complicated rhetorical techniques. But that doesn’t matter because you should always extend the principle of charity to someone anyway.