Well, you say “risks confusing someone into agreeing”, but I bet someone using this tactic thinks of it as a positive outcome, “even though” it’s dishonest if they gave it some thought. Or maybe not even considered fully dishonest, in the sense that whenever some ‘unpopular’ topic can come up (especially in a public online environment) things can get very easily derailed by other participants to latch onto (if you believe this unpopular thing is true then it is unpopular due to some ‘currently dominating’ negative connotation or view you find unjustified).
Well, you say “risks confusing someone into agreeing”, but I bet someone using this tactic thinks of it as a positive outcome, “even though” it’s dishonest if they gave it some thought. Or maybe not even considered fully dishonest, in the sense that whenever some ‘unpopular’ topic can come up (especially in a public online environment) things can get very easily derailed by other participants to latch onto (if you believe this unpopular thing is true then it is unpopular due to some ‘currently dominating’ negative connotation or view you find unjustified).