Comment by goto11
7 years ago
The opposite fallacy seem to be quite common: People thinking some dubious message delivered in a sufficiently abrasive way must be a "harsh truth", and any counterargument just means "you can't handle the truth". This is why politicians and debaters use the harsh rhetoric: It works. People eat it up.
Well, it works when it's not directed at you and yours. There's a reason these people all have public relations specialists.