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Consistency

Hym "Yeah? Consistency or as Sam Sedar always says 'Your trying to redirect some of my fan base'? Which is it really? You can lie to your fan base but you can lie to..."
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Enforced Consistency Fallacy

The fallacy of demanding consistency in situations where consistency doesn't matter, where logic isn't the primary framework, or where different contexts legitimately call for different approaches. Common in political and social debates: "You criticized X, but you support Y—hypocrite!" The demand for perfect consistency ignores that humans are contextual, that principles interact, and that life requires judgment, not algorithmic uniformity.
"You say we should help the homeless but also support economic growth—that's inconsistent!" That's Enforced Consistency Fallacy. Those goals might conflict sometimes; they might also complement. Life isn't a logic puzzle—consistency isn't the highest virtue, and demanding it is often a way to avoid engaging with complexity."
by Dumu The Void February 28, 2026
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expand your constituency

(to) do everything and anything to attract political followers, even if includes lying
if youre Hillary Clinton, stop trying to expand your constituency and focus on the issues instead.
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expand your constituency

(to) do everything and anything to attract political followers, even if includes lying
if youre Hillary Clinton, stop trying to expand your constituency and focus on the issues instead.
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The logical fallacy of demanding that an opponent be perfectly consistent in everything they say or do—across contexts, over time, in every statement—while exempting oneself or one's own side from any such scrutiny. The fallacy ignores that human beings are complex, that contexts change, that learning involves changing one's mind, and that perfect consistency is impossible for any real person or movement. It's the logic of "you said X five years ago, so you can't say Y now," of "your actions don't perfectly match your words, so your words are invalid." The Fallacy of Perfect Consistency is beloved of those who want to dismiss opponents without engaging their current arguments, who would rather dig up old contradictions than address present claims. The cure is recognizing that consistency is not a binary state but a spectrum, and that growth, learning, and context all produce apparent contradictions that are actually signs of life.
Example: "He found a tweet she'd written ten years ago, before she'd studied the issue, before she'd changed her mind. 'Aha!' he declared. 'Inconsistency! Your current views are invalid!' The Fallacy of Perfect Consistency had done its work: avoiding engagement with her current arguments by appealing to her past self. She'd learned, grown, evolved—but to him, that was weakness, not strength."
by Dumu The Void February 20, 2026
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