Logic is the most powerful debating tool. Unfortunately, many people can’t recognize an illogical argument unless it’s pointed out to them so the logical thing to do for people proposing illogical arguments is to silence logic. Worse, many people are forced to be illogical because logic would frustrate their goals: for example, if logic dictates that someone else should be in charge, or the facts logically support another position; illogic will have to be deployed.
Here’s a contemporary example of the tactic: social justice, as defined by American moral & political philosopher, John Rawls, can be rationally derived, making the concept of social justice logical. But logic does not support the ulterior motives of social justice advocates so they developed “critical” social justice, which has the same rhetoric as social justice but cannot be rationally derived, and is therefore illogical. When illogic gets the desired result, logic has to be censored.
