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by matthew9219 1119 days ago
I didn't quite speak clearly and so let me try to clarify. It's the opinion presented as opinion containing opinion presented as fact :).

In examples:

- "summer is the best season" is an opinion

- "summer has the highest temperatures" is a fact

- "summer is the best time to have romantic encounters" is an opinion

- "summer is the best season because romantic encounters truly only happen in the summer" is a weird amalgamation. It clearly presents an opinion, and says that opinion is based on a true fact, but in fact, the true fact the opinion relies on is not a fact at all, but merely another opinion.