Argument used to excuse the harm done by one’s actions due to them being only a small part of a large problem.
‘It’s just one bottle cap I tossed man, this city isn’t a dump just cause of me.’
‘Bro, that’s a litterers fallacy.’
‘Bro, that’s a litterers fallacy.’
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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)
by Sir. B November 9, 2021
Get the association fallacy mug.A useful set of 'refutational tools' whose usage is mainly seen in random internet arguments but can also equally be applied in the IRL realm too, such as against your wife or your boss. The former scenario is where people often abuse logical fallacies to the point of committing a fallacy fallacy, so be wise and use them sparingly and only as a supplement to your argument.
Also related to non sequitur.
Also related to non sequitur.
1) Jim called out his boss by using logical fallacies to poke holes in his ridiculous decisions.
2) Tommy used logical fallacies to his advantage in order to expose the inconsistencies in his girlfriend's reasoning with regards to how he should spend his money.
2) Tommy used logical fallacies to his advantage in order to expose the inconsistencies in his girlfriend's reasoning with regards to how he should spend his money.
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Get the Nemesis Fallacy mug.- The false, misleading, or mistaken idea that is can appear to be sound and reasonable but still in error.
- Although investigated to be untrue or misleading, the fallacy can still be labelled a sound argument somehow.
- Although investigated to be untrue or misleading, the fallacy can still be labelled a sound argument somehow.
- "Look, I see your point, and it sounds like you have thought it through, but, after careful thinking, you are expressing a rounded-fallacy that is unfortunately untrue."
- Conspiracy theorists can point to many indications and pieces of information in order to believe a rounded-fallacy that 9/11 was a set up from the government in order to start a way in Iraq for nefarious reasons. Many would point to this to be false and untrue, however, that could be very difficult to do.
- MAGA supporters believe in the rounded-fallacy that America was once great, but will have to argue how America was great for all ethnic minorities and the ethnic majority within the country.
- Conspiracy theorists can point to many indications and pieces of information in order to believe a rounded-fallacy that 9/11 was a set up from the government in order to start a way in Iraq for nefarious reasons. Many would point to this to be false and untrue, however, that could be very difficult to do.
- MAGA supporters believe in the rounded-fallacy that America was once great, but will have to argue how America was great for all ethnic minorities and the ethnic majority within the country.
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