Editing Thought-terminating cliché (section)

== Examples ==
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* "It's not that deep." – dismisses attempts to expose faulty logic by asserting that logic is not necessary in this particular case.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Eettickal |first=Enya |title=It's not that deep, or is it? |url=https://observer.case.edu/its-not-that-deep-or-is-it/ |access-date=2024-07-18 |website=The Observerv|publisher=Case Western Reserve University}}</ref>
* "Lies of [[the Devil]]." – used as a response to any fact that threatens the integrity of an individual or group.<ref>{{Cite book |title=Cult proofing your kids |last=Martin |first=Paul |date=1993 |publisher=Zondervan |isbn=0310537614 |location=Grand Rapids, Michigan|oclc=26973667 |page=189}}</ref>
* "Stop thinking so much." – redirects attention from the topic, idea, or argument at hand to the alleged overuse of thought itself.<ref name=":5" />
* "It's all good." – nullifies, without evidence, any possible debate by asserting the issue is already settled.<ref name=":7">{{Cite web|url=https://medium.com/@.WOKE/the-rise-of-the-thought-terminating-cliche-in-the-era-of-trump-d32069c908da|title=The Rise of The Thought Terminating Cliche & Bumper Sticker Logic in The Era of Trump|last=Gwazi|first=Dinfa|date=2017-05-20|website=Medium|access-date=2019-05-10}}</ref>{{ugc|date=March 2025}}
* "[[There you go again|Here we go again]]." – implies that the redundant, cyclical nature of a given disagreement means it will never be resolved.<ref>{{citation|title=Decision Downloading|last1=Clampitt|first1=Phillip G.|last2=Williams|first2=M. Lee|magazine=MIT Sloan Management Review|date=Winter 2007|volume=48|issue=2|url=http://sloanreview.mit.edu/article/decision-downloading/|access-date=October 25, 2016}}</ref>
* "So what? What effect does my action have?" – used to dismiss an individual's involvement in a larger cause on the grounds that one person is too insignificant to ever have a meaningful impact.<ref name="Chiras2" />
* "Let's [[agree to disagree]]." – used to stop discussion of an issue rather than attempt to resolve it;<ref>{{cite book |last1=Simpson |first1=Katherine |last2=Marcum |first2=Anthony |title=Diversity in International Arbitration |date=4 November 2022 |publisher=Edward Elgar |isbn=978-1-80392-004-7 |pages=119–134 |url=https://doi.org/10.4337/9781803920047.00016 |chapter=CETA – where are the women? Diffusing the thought-terminating clichés that impeded diversity|doi=10.4337/9781803920047.00016 }}</ref> may, however, instantiate a [[Dialectic#Hegelian dialectic|dialectic]].
* "[[wikt:it is what it is|It is what it is]]." – implies that things are unchangeable, therefore there is no point in further discussion.<ref>{{citation|title=Loaded Language and Conspiracy Theorizing|last1=Klein|first1=Emily G.|last2=Hendler|first2=James|magazine=Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society|date=2022|volume=44|issue=44|url=https://dspace.rpi.edu/items/8baf8dd7-5a42-40f0-9f3e-0844cc6743e7|access-date=2024-06-14}}</ref>
* "Let people enjoy things." – purports that criticisms to consumable media are attempts to prevent consumers from enjoying said media.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Grady |first=Constance |date=May 16, 2019 |title=How “let people enjoy things” became a fight against criticism |url=https://www.vox.com/culture/2019/5/16/18618425/let-people-enjoy-things-criticism |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web/20250412210619/https://www.vox.com/culture/2019/5/16/18618425/let-people-enjoy-things-criticism |archive-date=April 12, 2025 |access-date=April 12, 2025 |work=Vox}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Stitch |date=January 27, 2022 |title=On the Lie of "Let People Like Things" |url=https://www.teenvogue.com/story/lie-of-let-people-like-things-stitch-fan-service |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web/20250412210912/https://www.teenvogue.com/story/lie-of-let-people-like-things-stitch-fan-service |archive-date=April 12, 2025 |access-date=April 12, 2025 |work=Teen Vogue}}</ref>