What is a loaded question?
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It is a question that is asked not to get a straightforward answer but to instead push some point of view onto all the listeners.
A lawyer in a courtroom can ask – “do you do drugs?”, and the defendant can respond with a yes or no.
However, if the lawyers instead asks “tell me, do you enjoy doing drugs?” there is no way to answer without avoiding the question entirely, and now the thought of you doing drugs is in the jury’s head.
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