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Is attempting to discredit something by invoking it’s age a fallacy?Many times when I have cited 20th anthropological works in debates regarding racial typology others have tried to dismiss them by claiming that they are “outdated”. Does this qualify as an ad hominem, or something else? |
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Tell me who you vote for and I'll tell you how X you are."Tell me who you vote for and I'll tell you how homophobic you are". What fallacy/fallacies would this be? Faulty generalization? Ad hominem? False cause? All and even more? |
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Is this a straightforward contradiction?The topic is abiogenesis, and in a debate about it, someone said the following, in a single post 9his exact words) : "Possible? Technically. "Logically impossible? Yes. Definitely. "Impossible? Beyond all reasonable doubt." Is this a simple set of c... |
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I feel like this is obviously fallacious, but I can't put my finger on it.This meme is being used as an argument against employers, etc. requiring a covid vaccine card for their employees, etc. I realize there are other nuances, but I'm wondering about this particular argument. "There are 800,000 registered sex offenders... |
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It's not about X, it's about Y.Joe Biden recently said: 'This is not about freedom or personal choice, it's about protecting yourself and those around you.' Another example would be, in the case of increased surveillance: 'It's not about privacy or the freedom to go about witho... |
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Non sequitur? |
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Is their a fallacy for when someone tries to change their story.Is their a fallacy for when someone tries to change their story. Person A: Does not mean all people will do X. Person B: come on really, use commonsense. I'm a realist , don't think some wouldn't do what I commented... Person A: the key w... |
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Are there any fallacies in this internet meme?“IF THIS WAS A REAL PANDEMIC THEY WOULDN’T BE FIRING EXPERIENCED HEALTHCARE WORKERS FOR THEIR REFUSAL TO TAKE THE JAB.” |
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My body my choice (False equivalence?)Is the "My body my choice" response to getting the covid-19 vaccine a false equivalence fallacy regarding its original context of relating to abortion? Is it a Tu Quoque and a false equivalence fallacy? |
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What fallacy is this?technology experts have been saying technology will eliminate jobs for centuries now, and it just hasn't happened, So it never will." Put more formally, it would look like this: Throughout history, there are those who have predicted that techno... |
