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But I Don't Know What This Term Means Fallacy

An inverted strawman where the person denies the applicability of a term by claiming ignorance of its meaning. The classic form: someone accused of racism says "you can't call me racist because I don't even know what racism means." The move uses claimed ignorance as a shield—if I don't know the term, the term can't apply to me. The fallacy lies in treating ignorance as innocence, not knowing as not being. But actions have meanings regardless of the actor's vocabulary. Not knowing what racism means doesn't mean your actions aren't racist; it just means you're ignorant, not innocent.
But I Don't Know What This Term Means Fallacy "I pointed out his pattern of discriminatory comments. Response: 'I don't even know what racism means, so you can't call me racist!' That's But I Don't Know What This Term Means Fallacy—using ignorance as a defense. Not knowing the word doesn't mean the behavior isn't real. Ignorance isn't innocence; it's just ignorance."

I've seen enough hentai to know where this is going.

What someone who has seen a significant amount of hentai thinks when they see someone (potentialy a cartoon) being attacked by tentacles of some sort. Often refering to a situation in which the potential sexual outcome would not happen.
Television: *depicting seen in which someone is attacked by tentacles of a sort*
Inside head of viewer: " I've seen enough hentai to know where this is going.

I don't fucking know why I writing this shit no more 

so I am all out of words and so little fucking ideas tighten my mind desperately
Kidnapper ask for candy: I don't fucking know why I writing this shit no more,, take candy

Don’t upvote this I don’t know how to vote 

Help please tell me how to vote without this

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