[DRAFT] Common Sense as a Rhetorical Device

When used as a rhetorical device, “common sense” serves as a tautological justification. Importantly, I reject the of-deployed counter-arguments, “common sense isn't common,” or, “everyone who isn't me lacks it.” Rather, I argue that appealing to common sense is inherently a tactic wholly devoid of substance, much like appeals to so-called “biotruths”. Invoking common sense is nothing more than a thought-terminating cliche.