The Logical Fallacy's definitions

hard power

The use of brute-force and hard solutions to beat a problem into shape, created from a moral righteousness through strength. Contrast with soft power.

"Toby Maguire's Spider-Man largely uses what's known in international relations as hard power - he rushes into battle, relying on brute strength to stop his foes. There's no time for negotiations with the Green Goblin, Doc Ock and The Sandman. Just some good ol' fashioned fisticuffs"

-- The Philosophy of Spider-Man – Wisecrack Edition

by The Logical Fallacy January 1, 2019

lore porn

An overabundance of fandom theories and speculation over a specific piece of fiction in one single article or video.

Lore porn is in abundance on whether Aldrich ate Nito. He ate my waifu so I took his laifu .

by The Logical Fallacy August 6, 2016

Egocrat

A political figure who is transparently performing praxis and political change for their own benefit, even if everyone else suffers for it.

A meritocrat passes laws and social change for the benefit of the exceptional at the expense of the mediocre.

A kratocrat passes laws and social change for the benefit of the strong at the expense of the weak.
A plutocrat passes laws and social change for the benefit of the wealthy at the expense of the impoverished.

A theocrat passes laws and social change for the benefit of their God and religion at the expense of secular democracy.
An egocrat passes laws and social changes for the benefit of themselves at the expense of everyone else's wants and needs.

by The Logical Fallacy October 16, 2020

Queer nationalism

The establishment of cultural customs, norms and identity based around the LGBT Community, LGBT Rights and queerness present in the greater national stage.

Not to be confused with Homonationalism.

Homonationalism is using LGBT Rights to justify a culture of injustice.
Queer nationalism is a culture born from LGBT Rights.
Don't confuse the two. Ever.

by The Logical Fallacy October 4, 2021

Red Italian

A cocktail drink containing equal-parts vodka, limoncello and Chef Boyardee Pizza Sauce.

Fuck your white russian! I'm ordering a red italian!

by The Logical Fallacy May 4, 2018

Kind

A term used by believers of Creationism to separate and categorize various animals (both by species and breeds) in Baraminology, but dismissed by virtually every other field of science.

"The earth brought forth vegetation, plants yielding seed after their kind, and trees bearing fruit with seed in them, after their kind; and God saw that it was good. There was evening and there was morning, a third day... Then God said, 'Let the waters teem with swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open expanse of the heavens.' God created the great sea monsters and every living creature that moves, with which the waters swarmed after their kind, and every winged bird after its kind; and God saw that it was good. God blessed them, saying, 'Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.' There was evening and there was morning, a fifth day. Then God said, 'Let the earth bring forth living creatures after their kind: cattle and creeping things and beasts of the earth after their kind'; and it was so."
-- Genesis 1:12-24

by The Logical Fallacy January 13, 2017

Fluxus

An early '60s to late '70s art movement that focused on experimentally mixing various artistic medias and disciplines.

Much like Dadaism and Futurism, Fluxus used Anti-Art to challenge the establishment of the time, change culture as a whole and make fine art more accessible to the masses. Yoko Ono for example was one of many fluxus artists at the time that made performance art an actual thing in modern art.

by The Logical Fallacy May 13, 2017