A form of persuasion that starts with agreeing with the opponent

This article (dead link removed) is more interesting because of its format rather than its subject.

At first I thought it was the most disgusting thing I'd ever read, until I was part of the way through the article...

The author is using a certain style of rhetoric that is largely unfamiliar to me - that of positively expressing the *opposing* point of view in great detail, and then gradually showing how ridiculous it is, simply by expressing it in all its existing forms and in increasing detail.

In terms of trying to get a dogmatic person to think, this format sucks the unsuspecting victim in, and then drives home the author's point before the victim has a chance to shut down.

Though some would probably catch on right away, I didn't immediately suspect the approach, and was about to become entirely nauseated and irritated that such an irrational individual is still in the gene pool... But like rubbernecking traffic, I persevered until I got to the end... I can see where this format might be just sneaky enough to cause a brainwashed and dogmatic individual to think a little.