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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 dive into more of these tactics in my ebook, excuse the shameless plug).
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.
