But this presumes that the reader does already realize that a claim of the type “all men want x” (or even “the overwhelming majority of men want x”) is stupid, while my point was that for many people, “all men want x” is a perfectly reasonable claim.
Do you have examples of people agreeing with what they believe to be a claim of the type “all men want x”?
So far I’ve only seen people a) disagreeing with what they interpret as such claims on the grounds they are unreasonable and b) saying that others will mistakenly agree with the unreasonable interpretation and find it reasonable.
But this presumes that the reader does already realize that a claim of the type “all men want x” (or even “the overwhelming majority of men want x”) is stupid, while my point was that for many people, “all men want x” is a perfectly reasonable claim.
Do you have examples of people agreeing with what they believe to be a claim of the type “all men want x”?
So far I’ve only seen people a) disagreeing with what they interpret as such claims on the grounds they are unreasonable and b) saying that others will mistakenly agree with the unreasonable interpretation and find it reasonable.
I seem to remember running into such people, but don’t remember any particular occasion well enough to give a cite.