Emotional Manipulators LOVE Leading and Loaded Questions. Don’t Fall For it
Beware of trick questions designed to make you look like a prat
Emotional manipulators thrive off using verbal judo. And one of their most favored tactics is interrogating you into a trap.
I’m talking about the deadly loaded and leading questions. Both aren’t actually queries looking for your point of view. No, they’re rhetorical - designed to twist your arm and pollute any rational debate.
The goal is always the same: Put you at an unfair disadvantage, and assert a slam-dunk power move. While making you look stupid, of course.
I’ll explain what they are and how to respond. Knowing your way around this sly tactic is a valuable life skill.
Leading Questions
A leading question suggests or implies its own answer.
The manipulator is hand-holding you into a pit of snakes. Leading you into an unfavorable frame that aligns with their agenda.
It’s kind of like a hypnotic suggestion. Making you think that you’ve arrived at your own conclusion while leading you down a rabbit hole.
- ‘Don’t you think you’ve spent enough time with your friends this year?’
