An illegitimate child between ad hominem (because association fallacy focused on the PERSON or PEOPLE instead of the ARGUMENT), appeal to emotion, hasty generalization, questionable cause fallacy (because "labels" associated to someone or something can determine the degree of "truth"), and red herring (because it deliberately derails the argument)
Association Fallacy has two kinds:
1. Guilt by association
2. Honour by association
Association Fallacy has two kinds:
1. Guilt by association
2. Honour by association
Example of association fallacy:
"You're Neo-Nazi, therefore your argument must be wrong" (Godwin's Law/Reductio ad Hitlerum)
"You are leftist liberal special snowflake, therefore your argument is dismissed" (Red-bait/Red-tag)
"You're the expert, therefore your opinion must be right" (Honour by association)
"You're Neo-Nazi, therefore your argument must be wrong" (Godwin's Law/Reductio ad Hitlerum)
"You are leftist liberal special snowflake, therefore your argument is dismissed" (Red-bait/Red-tag)
"You're the expert, therefore your opinion must be right" (Honour by association)
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That line of thinking is just a Kevin fallacy!
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During a debate about the wage gap, a leftist says to a right wingerin retaliation to an argument they made: haha why did I somehow know that you would say that "the study only compares two checks between a man and a woman. It does not not take the other factors into account, such as hours worked, efficiency of the product, etc". That means that you're wrong because I knew you would say that. They used the Toyu Fallacy
During a debate about the wage gap, a leftist says to a right wingerin retaliation to an argument they made: haha why did I somehow know that you would say that "the study only compares two checks between a man and a woman. It does not not take the other factors into account, such as hours worked, efficiency of the product, etc". That means that you're wrong because I knew you would say that. They used the Toyu Fallacy
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