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I would say it's tu quoque/appeal to hypocrisy (which is a subtype of ad-hominem.

An appeal to hypocrisy is essentially when someone tries to say "well, if you really cared about xyz rights youd care about this thing, and you didn't mention that so therefore you must not actually care about xyz rights therefore your point must be invalid"

(Honestly, one could make the argument this is a type of whataboutism, which is an appeal to hypocrisy used as a red herring to detract from the issue being discussed or as a thought terminating cliche to diminish the discussion)

i'm gonna be real with you kitten, the universalization of the Holocaust by leftists is scaring the shit out of daddy

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Genuinely part of why I run this blog is because i kept having arguments with people where I was simultaneously teaching them Arguments 101 *and* trying to logically argue my point.

I have noticed especially an over reliance on pathos based arguments even though as you say often logos based is more convincing. But every time i try to point that out to people I just get a blank stare like I was the only one who went over this concept in school

Yall have got to stop arguing against fascist policies by saying “Oh but that will hurt colored people” or “This means women won’t be able to vote.” They know. Thats the point. You won’t convince them by telling them the selling points (to them) of their policies. It sucks. I know. We shouldn’t have to explain to people that other people matter. And unfortunately, doing so probably won’t actually work that well. We need to convince them on the things they already care about. We need to tell them that pro-DEI policies make companies money and anti-DEI policies will cause them to loose profit. We need to show how immigrant improve the economy. We need to tell them that their policies will loose them more of the vote than it will gain them. We need to find the reinforcers that matter to them and control those reinforcers in any and every way possible until we manufacture change.

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https://www.tumblr.com/thestudentempanada/784358624273301504

specifically talking about the tweet - is this an example of the fallacy of relative privation?

Thank you for running this blog.

Yes! The fallacy of relative privation attempts to make something seem better or worse by comparing it to the best case or worst case scenario.

It is an unfortunately common fallacy on the internet and in real life, either being used like "nothing matters compared to the The Issue" or "that issue is not as bad as The Issue so it's completely unimportant" or some variation as such. (And as someone who's dealt with chronic illness I can tell you it's definitely bullshit- the fact I didn't have one of the common diseases people fear did not make my life any less in danger but that didn't stop people from trying to cheer me up by "at least it's not"s)

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https://www.tumblr.com/mogai-sunflowers/755171327009226752/well-people-like-you-are-fascist-bootlickers-who

are these reblogs an example of a fallacy? Or more than one. I'm not very knowledgeable about this.

There's not one that is jumping out at me as a particularly clear example of a specific one. Unfortunately being blatantly wrong is not always a fallacy sometimes it's just ignorance and playing on coolmathgames.com when your teacher is explaining how the americans have structured their voting system

Thank you for sending this to me anyway!

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correlation versus causation... the OG classic 😔

A 50 year-old-man just looked me dead in the eyes at clinic and said “Doc, I don’t want to quit smoking because I think I’ll get cancer if I quit smoking. My dad smoked for 60 years and he got lung cancer the moment he quit.”

Nothing like morning clinic session to remind you of the extent of human stupidity

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"There is no court-admissable evidence" so you agree there IS evidence... Interesting...

This is an excellent example of the proof fallacy. The proof fallacy occurs when a person assumes that something is true simply because it hasn’t been proven false or vice versa. In this instance, Anonymous assumes that because I didn’t say that there is no evidence, I am saying that there is evidence. This is simply untrue, as just because I haven’t said “there is no evidence” outright doesn’t mean that there is evidence.

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englishman: [commits terrible crime]

me (to a scotsman): didn't you hear? a scotsman just committed a terrible crime

scotsman: what no that was an englishman

me, the most intelligent thing in the universe: heh. well. that's just funny because. well. heh. there's this thing called uh. eh. eheheheh

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anyway, Occam's Razor doesn't actually say that the *simplest* solution is usually correct. if it did then the explanation for most things would just be "wizards n' warlocks, probably" so, what *does* it say? That the solution requiring the *fewest assumptions* is often correct It's not an appeal against complexity, it's meant to shave away conspiracy theorizing, black-and-white thinking, and circular logic, and appeal towards evidence-first reasoning

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hi i am the Expert (self appointed) and i can confirm you are intelligently not falling victim to fallacies and I am proud of you

Decided to NOT go to Optional School Thing that has been ruining my life and health for the past month and. I know its the right thing to do (cause why would i throw up over sometjing that brings me no tangible rewards) But! I feel like SUCH a coward

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btw guys i need more content that's not just strawmen and sunk cost over and over again, please send me stuff you come across that seems like it might be a fallacy (it's a great way to win an argument ;)

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reversing cause and effect fallacy: suggesting that B caused A in the face of evidence of the opposite

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Insulting somebody isn't an Ad Hominem attack. An Ad Hominem attack is only when you attack somebody to invalidate their argument.

"You're stupid, therefore your conclusion is wrong" Ad Hominem

"You're stupid, and your conclusion is wrong" not Ad Hominem

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Thought terminating cliche example, plus bonus dogmatic fallacy when people insist the only moral thing to believe is that it's a genocide and bonus ad populum when the argument involves "well most people say it is so it must be"

Extra bonus because the antizionist movement is where most of my content comes from nowadays, often involves an appeal to ignorance fallacy when people insist since there's "no proof it isn't it must be"

I am making this in good faith and I genuinely want an answer, ideally from someone who believe this.

With the current information we have, why do people insist Israel is committing a genocide?

South Africa is trying to extend the deadline to find evidence of genocide to present in their court case against Israel. Israel also makes efforts to minimize civilian casualties like warning before they attack and try to get as many people to evacuate as they can before they move to an area.

Under international law, hamas occupying hospitals and schools means that they are no longer protected areas and in those places, any civilian casualties caused by reasonable force are attributed to hamas and therefore don't count towards evidence of genocide.

Death toll doesn't automatically equal genocide as there has to be intent for it to count as one.

We can all agree that Israel has committed war crimes and even if they didn't, what is happening is utterly terrible.

So why insist on it being a genocide instead of a terrible war? Why can't it be a massive tragedy without it being called a genocide?

And I know I'll get certain comments from other jews so I'll make it explicitly clear, I'm not talking about antisemites who call it a genocide because they want a socially acceptable excuse to hate jews, I'm talking about people who are not antisemitic and call it a genocide

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Fantastic example of a thought terminating cliche (and also jfc i cannot understand what that therapist was on about your fiance needs a new one)

Actually am still kinda pissed that my fiancé's psychatrist evaluated him for anxiety and said he didn't have it but then was like "in the future I'd like to see you make enough progress with your anxiety that you feel comfortable taking your mask off" and didn't seem to care when he explained that his fiancé(me) has several severe chronic illnesses and immune issues so we both do what we can to ensure I don't get sick with any illness, not just covid. Like does he have anxiety or not?? You can't have it both ways buddy!! And like it or not protecting a vulnerable person from getting sick is logical, YOU'RE the one being irrational here.

Like this is why I get pissed about mask stuff, people have legit fallen into some kind of thought-terminating cliché about covid and all other contagious diseases not being a problem anymore to the point that they think even sick people and their loved ones taking reasonable precautions to protect their health is a sign of anxiety and paranoia. I truly do not get it. Like it's one thing if you personally don't want to mask but at least leave people who do alone, but legit acting like people like me are insane for doing something that makes perfect sense is turning me into the Joker. It doesn't even work to say "oh I have asthma and allergies and the air quality is bad today" or "I'm having an important surgery soon and need to make sure I don't get sick" like they think masking AT ALL in any circumstance for any reason means you've legit lost your mind.

I genuinely feel like the government suddenly started hiding all the national car crash statistics and insisted in tons of press conferences that crashing your car is actually perfectly fine and not a big deal at all and wearing a seatbelt isn't something healthy people need to worry about, so now everyone thinks it's silly to wear one and every time I do I have to deal with people implying or outright stating that I'm legitimately mentally ill and need an intervention.