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You think that bacause you're "bad thing".I know this is a form of Ad Hominem, possibly a form of Appeal to Motive. It's more the form of say stating the other person has come to a certain conclusion "because they're racist" or transphobic and attacking them for that rather than addressing the point they may have made. |
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"You believe X because you are Y [where Y is a bad thing]. Therefore, X is dismissed." Justin: I support race equality [X], but I don't quite agree with the tactics of the Black Lives Matter movement. They should protest peacefully instead of occupying roads and inciting riots. Tara: You believe that because as a privileged white man [Y], you've never had to fight for your basic rights. If you were black, you'd understand. This is typically bulverism - assume someone is wrong (based on their motives, social identity or some other irrelevant factor), then try to explain (condescendingly) how they came to be so wrong. In this case, it's closely related to the identity fallacy where the content of an argument is ignored in favour of evaluating the physical or social identity of the speaker. If accusing someone of bigotry, it's also begging the question as their allegedly bigoted attitudes have not been verified. These days, the fallacy is unfortunately all too common, as people seek to discredit others rather than address their arguments point-by-point. |
answered on Friday, Nov 18, 2022 04:38:58 AM by TrappedPrior (RotE) | |
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