Fallacy of moral equivalence

When you make a comparison between two things and the person you're tries to argue that you're trying to claim that there is a moral equivalence between one of the things you're talking about and the comparison.

Iam "Fallacy of moral equivalence is such a lazy argument. I'm not saying that you are like Jesus and you're fans are like lepers. What I'm saying is this: Sometimes, in life, we can't always be for people what they want (or even need) us to be. And I see that it pains you a great deal. And that's ok. And I can relate to that. Not because I'm like Jesus..."

Hym "But because I'm better than Jesus. Like, 2 maybe 3 times better. At least. I'm obviously not a filthy leper. If that were the comparison I were making than I would OBVIOUSLY be God because I'm the one watching the thing happened. But then I would be a filthy abomination..."

Iam "I wasn't fin..."

Hym "You were finished. I doubt you even had a point."

Iam "I was going to say that I understand the feeling and that you shouldn't be so hard on yourself. I think back on my life and can see that if I changed maybe 3 things everything would be so radically different that I wouldn't even be the same entity. So, if the present is the future's past, you don't really have to do all that much. Just 3 things."

Hym "That's the problem with the rest of these morons. They're trying to do too much. And they're obnoxious. And they don't give me enough of their things. Everyone needs to give me their things. I need them more than they do."

by Hym Iam April 7, 2022

Fallacient

It means anything and noting all at once.

Girl I went to that store and it was just so… Fallacient

by YaGirlAri May 31, 2022

Fallacia Agnorum

“The Fallacy of the Lambs”
It conveys the idea that individuals, may be decieved or misled by false beliefs, narratives, or illusions. The fallacy refers to a situation where people are led astray by misinformation, manipulation, or distorted perceptions of reality, and high lights the vulnerability of their individuals to deceptive influences..

Person A: “I heard that company X is doing really well, and their products are top-notch.”

Person B: “Be careful that information could’ve been manipulated by that companies PR team to make them look better than they actually are”

(Fallacia Agnorum)-Fallacy of the Lambs

by Speech Increased January 25, 2024

Fallaverism

A meta-fallacy where, instead of refuting an argument, one simply asserts it contains a logical fallacy and then shifts the entire discussion into a pedantic meta-debate about fallacies. The goal is to win by default—by moving the goalposts to a terrain of technical rhetoric where you can accuse your opponent of being "illogical," thus avoiding the original, often uncomfortable, point. It's a tactic of rhetorical jiu-jitsu used by those who can't win on substance.

Example: "You: 'The policy has hurt low-income families, here's the data.' Opponent: 'That's just an argumentum ad misericordiam! You're appealing to pity!' This is Fallaverism—they've declared a fallacy and forced you into a defensive debate about logic textbooks, while the data on family suffering goes unaddressed."

by Abzugal January 30, 2026

Fallacy Blind Spot

The universal human glitch where you can spot a logical fallacy in your opponent's argument from a mile away but remain completely oblivious to the identical or even more egregious fallacies riddling your own. It's the cognitive equivalent of having flawless 20/20 vision for other people's dirt but wearing smudge-covered goggles when looking at your own. This blind spot turns every debate into a one-sided game of "Gotcha!" where you're always the catcher, never the caught, because your brain helpfully files your own reasoning under "Common Sense" instead of "Needs Inspection."

Example: "He spent the whole call-out thread meticulously dissecting someone's ad hominem attacks, while his entire opening post was a textbook straw man. Classic fallacy blind spot. He's a fallacy hawk when hunting others, but a fallacy ostrich when it comes to his own writing, with his head buried deep in the sand of self-righteousness."

by AbzuInExile January 31, 2026

Fallacy Forging

The act of creating a fabricated or mislabeled logical fallacy and attributing it to your opponent in order to discredit them. This is not simply identifying a real fallacy; it's inventing a non-existent flaw in reasoning, giving it a Latin-ish name, and accusing the other person of committing it. The goal is to weaponize the vocabulary of logic to create a rhetorical "gotcha" that sounds sophisticated but is itself a deceptive construct. It's the equivalent of counterfeit intellectual currency—it looks like a valid critique but is actually a hollow fabrication designed to win points.

Example: "When I pointed out a flaw in his analogy, he shouted, 'That's a classic reductio ad pizza fallacy—you're just reducing my complex argument to a food metaphor!' He'd just forged a fallacy on the spot. There's no such thing, but it sounded academic and shut down the conversation, which was his real goal." Fallacy Forging

by AbzuInExile January 31, 2026

Fallacy Crafting

The skillful, artful construction of an argument that is deliberately built upon a hidden or obscured logical fallacy, making it persuasive and difficult to dismantle. Unlike the blunt instrument of fallacy forging, this involves weaving the flawed reasoning seamlessly into the narrative, using emotional appeals, selective data, and elegant language to disguise the underlying error. It's sophistry as a fine art, creating a beautiful, compelling castle built on a rotten logical foundation.

Example: "Her viral thread was a masterpiece of fallacy crafting. It used a moving personal anecdote (appeal to emotion), implied correlation meant causation with sleek graphs, and dismissed counter-evidence as 'elitist' (ad hominem). Each piece was crafted to feel true, making the overall conclusion—though logically bankrupt—spread like wildfire."

by AbzuInExile January 31, 2026