🖼️ The Kirby Frame
Anthony Moser:
The Kirby Frame is a tool for dealing with bad faith arguments.
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To use Kirby framing, think through this template:
Frame: autistic people are a drain on society
Negation: no, austistic people are great and productive
Kirby: THEY’RE DOING EUGENICS
First, we identify the bad faith argument. Then we think about what negating it would look like, so we can avoid doing that. Then we find the Kirby frame: we say what’s actually happening, shifting the focus from bad faith arguments to the person making them and what they are trying to do.
Once you’ve got the Kirby frame, you can toss the first two and just focus on communicating what’s really happening.
Anthony does an excellent job in this post of explaining why it's a waste of time to attempt good faith engagement with bad faith actors, who your real audience is, and how to avoid getting stuck in your adversaries' traps.
Given the state of the world right now, I consider this required reading for everyone.