Are you calling my mum a liar?
Widely considered to be the ultimate response when backed into an argumentative corner, this phrase has revolutionised academic debate since its inception in the early 17th century.
Example:
John Stuart Mill: Immanuel, I believe we should define the rightness of actions by a consequentialist theory of ethics.
Kant: Are you calling my mum a liar?
JS Mill: What? No....
Kant: Well shut up then.
John Stuart Mill: Immanuel, I believe we should define the rightness of actions by a consequentialist theory of ethics.
Kant: Are you calling my mum a liar?
JS Mill: What? No....
Kant: Well shut up then.