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1. A=A equivocates to A=P as P is just another way of saying A.

2. P=P equivocates to P=A as A is just another way of saying P.

3. A=A equivocates to P=P if A=P.

4. However, A=A and P=P are both distinctly different expressions of the same phenomenon.

5. As distinctly different expressions they are not the same phenomenon as the expression must equal itself under the laws of identity; yet these different expressions equivocate.

6. Equivocation thus can mean many things and as such is self-negating.

I'm not sure I agree that equivocation is self-negating, but I might be wrong. It all depends. I would say, at the end of the day, taking all things into account, and weighing one factor with another, it might not make much difference either way.