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Iraq War fallacy validationThe Visegrad 24 Twitter account said this:
Then another user quote retweeted that there were plenty of protests against that Iraq war. Do both of these statement have fallacies? If so, what kind of fallacies are those? |
asked on Wednesday, Jan 24, 2024 10:20:36 AM by Huy-Quang Bui | |
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For a bit of context, this tweet has an infographic attached. It includes an excerpt about Christian flight, stating that it has caused a Christian minority to become even smaller in a Muslim majority country, and has a map showing Christians moving to neighboring Muslim majority countries Turkey, Syria, Lebanon and Jordan. However, it's unclear what this person's point actually is. A bit of reading shows that Christians have been leaving Iraq for 50 years, but in the timeframe shown it was accelerated by the US occupation of Iraq, then the persecution of Christians by ISIS. These groups also had negative effects on other religious groups, including Muslims. It's not really clear what, exactly, this person thought people should be protesting against, but in addition to the protests against the Iraq war, there have been protests against Isis as well. What the person appears to be doing here is using the "Just asking questions" fallacy, where they avoid making a false statement (there were no protests) by rephrasing it as a question which might lead a reader to assume that answer. Presumably, this tweet was made in response to recent protests in favor of Palestine and Israel, as if to point out that people are hypocritical for protesting these things and not the displacement of Iraqi Christians, and therefore undermine their legitimacy. This may be an example of ad hominem (tu quoque) . |
answered on Wednesday, Jan 24, 2024 01:42:20 PM by Mr. Wednesday | |
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