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In an alternate illustrative example, respect is used both in the sense of " recognise a right " and " have high regard for ".

We can recognise someone's right to the opinion that the United Nations is secretly controlled by alien lizards on the moon, without holding this idea in high regard.

But conflation of these two different concepts leads to the notion that all ideological ideas, for example, should be treated with respect, rather than just the right to hold these ideas.

Conflation in logical terms is very similar to, if not identical to, equivocation.