The Clintonian Fallacy, so called because of former President Clinton's infamous line, "It depends upon what the meaning of the word 'is' is", is when someone you are debating tries to derail an argument by squabbling over the well known, and traditionally accepted, definitions and meanings of words and or ideas.
You: Racism is the belief that one race is superior to another.
SJW: No!!! Racism is...White patriarchy!!!...Even when you are not being racist you are being racist!!! Even when you don't know it!!! Your very existence is racist!!!! You, by NOT judging someone by the color of their skin is also an act of racism, and absolute proof of white privilege!!!!
You: The Clintonian Fallacy
SJW: You are ALSO a White Supremacist for not agreeing with me and disagreeing with the idea of a socialist welfare state that takes from the 1%!!!!!
You: What the hell?
SJW: No!!! Racism is...White patriarchy!!!...Even when you are not being racist you are being racist!!! Even when you don't know it!!! Your very existence is racist!!!! You, by NOT judging someone by the color of their skin is also an act of racism, and absolute proof of white privilege!!!!
You: The Clintonian Fallacy
SJW: You are ALSO a White Supremacist for not agreeing with me and disagreeing with the idea of a socialist welfare state that takes from the 1%!!!!!
You: What the hell?
by GiggiddyGiggidyClinton February 28, 2018
For starters, fallacy means a flawed truth. Fallacy of composition means a flawed assumption of truth.
I read heard it this way...
Think crowded baseball game. You can't see because of the guy in front of you. If you stand up, then you can see. However, the fallacy of composition is that if EVERYBODY stands up, nobody can see the game any clearer than if they were all sitting down.
Think crowded baseball game. You can't see because of the guy in front of you. If you stand up, then you can see. However, the fallacy of composition is that if EVERYBODY stands up, nobody can see the game any clearer than if they were all sitting down.
by Forest for the trees December 26, 2009
The fetus fallacy is when you are having a debate or argument with someone and they bring up abortion when it is unrelated to the original subject.
When this happens, the person who brings up abortion automatically loses the argument.
When this happens, the person who brings up abortion automatically loses the argument.
"We were talking about gun rights and for some reason he brought up abortion. So he lost the argument because of the fetus fallacy"
by Tzarzan December 2, 2021
an error of reducing higher or more complex processes, such as human behavior and thinking, to its elementary components or material bearers, such as physiological structures or chemical reactions.
Reductive fallacies abound in the popular works of Carl Sagan. For example, he wrote in his best-selling book The Dragons of Eden": "My fundamental premise about the brain is that its workings--what we sometimes call "mind"--are a conse`uence of its anatomy and physiology and nothing more".
by Mikhail Epstein November 6, 2003
Also known as the homo cop-out, this is the act of calling something or someone a homosexual either to diffuse a situation or obtain a desired result. Most often used in groups of guys between middle school and college.
Example 1: Guy1: I have such a awesome six-pack!
Guy2: Really? Prove it.
Guy1: No! Are you gay!?! (Also acceptable: No! That would be gay!)
Example 2: Guy1: Dude come watch this hilarious video!
Guy2: *after watching* Wow, that wasn't funny at all...
Guy1: Your so gay.
Example 3: Guy1: *on phone with Guy2* Dude! You should come to this party, there are all these hot chicks and beer! It's sweet!
Guy2: No thanks. I have better things to do than be arrested for anyone of the likely illegal activities you partaking in.
Guy1: Wow, your such a fag...
Guy2: Um.... ok.... I'll be right over!
*This is a required plug for the word Faggot Fallacy, thanks UD!*
Guy2: Really? Prove it.
Guy1: No! Are you gay!?! (Also acceptable: No! That would be gay!)
Example 2: Guy1: Dude come watch this hilarious video!
Guy2: *after watching* Wow, that wasn't funny at all...
Guy1: Your so gay.
Example 3: Guy1: *on phone with Guy2* Dude! You should come to this party, there are all these hot chicks and beer! It's sweet!
Guy2: No thanks. I have better things to do than be arrested for anyone of the likely illegal activities you partaking in.
Guy1: Wow, your such a fag...
Guy2: Um.... ok.... I'll be right over!
*This is a required plug for the word Faggot Fallacy, thanks UD!*
by Bukakke Party June 28, 2009
The Beatles Fallacy is the hegemonic misconception among hack musicologists that the British Rock band The Beatles were "revolutionary" or "groundbreaking" in the history of music, ignoring earlier rock and roll, garage, and politically relevant songwriting; the Beatles are mistakenly assumed to have invented or been the "most influential" in the myriad styles they performed, despite the existence of contemporaries like The Rolling Stones, The Sonics, etc., and the pre-existence of like way harder albums than Revolver.
NOTE: The Beatles Fallacy is related to the misconception that Rock and Roll prior to 1960 was all hokey crap, and is the bastard stepchild of the Elvis Hypothesis, crediting "The King" with the invention of Rock and Roll, thereby ignoring shit black people had been doing for like 10 years.
NOTE: The Beatles Fallacy is related to the misconception that Rock and Roll prior to 1960 was all hokey crap, and is the bastard stepchild of the Elvis Hypothesis, crediting "The King" with the invention of Rock and Roll, thereby ignoring shit black people had been doing for like 10 years.
The Beatles are obviously the most influential rock band of all time," said Adam the music hack, espousing The Beatles Fallacy.
by barry b September 16, 2010
What 99% of the definitions and examples on Urban Dictionary articles that have even the smallest relationship with religion and/or politics.
Strawman Fallacy:
From UD's humanist entry: "Ha, you believe in God? We humanists are smarter than you because we think we are just going to rot in a hole in the ground and that the universe just appeared on it's own one day."
"And that is smart because...?"
"Uh... gay pride?"
"God have mercy on these morons..."
Strawman Fallacy: From UD's entry on liberal: 2. "I hate liberals. Stupid pinko liberals are ruining America."
"Yeah, damn liberals and their...their...liberty. Psht, this is America, we don't need liberty. God bless America."
"Hey, wait..."
From UD's humanist entry: "Ha, you believe in God? We humanists are smarter than you because we think we are just going to rot in a hole in the ground and that the universe just appeared on it's own one day."
"And that is smart because...?"
"Uh... gay pride?"
"God have mercy on these morons..."
Strawman Fallacy: From UD's entry on liberal: 2. "I hate liberals. Stupid pinko liberals are ruining America."
"Yeah, damn liberals and their...their...liberty. Psht, this is America, we don't need liberty. God bless America."
"Hey, wait..."
by Flambe December 18, 2009