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The village idiot

Tommy from red dead redemption 2. The man was just trying to get the ruckus away from his bar and he got brain damage, but I mean Arthur is pretty cool so, it makes up for it
You're the village idiot, huh?
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The Village Idiot Fallacy

This type of fallacy is a mix of the "hasty generalization" fallacy and the "association fallacy."

Village Idiot Fallacy: This fallacy occurs when Person A highlights a foolish argument made by Person B and criticizes it. Person A then wrongly assumes that anyone remotely associated with Person B also holds the same foolish belief. This fallacy is often applied to entire groups, especially in online discourse. The term "Village Idiot Fallacy" comes from the idea of pointing to the village idiot and then assuming the entire village shares his beliefs, illustrating guilt by association.

Hasty Generalization: This fallacy occurs when someone makes a broad generalization based on a small or unrepresentative sample. (Person A is making a generalization about a group of people based on the beliefs or actions of one individual, the "village idiot.")

Association Fallacy (Guilt by Association): This occurs when someone asserts that qualities of one thing are inherently qualities of another, merely by an irrelevant association. (Person A is claiming that the whole group shares the same beliefs and qualities of the "village idiot" simply because they are associated with him.)

Combining these concepts this is how "The Village Idiot Fallacy" manifests itself.
The Village Idiot Fallacy Example:

Person A: "Person B didn't recycle their plastic bottle after lunch. Can you believe that?"

Person A (later): "People from that apartment complex are so irresponsible. They're all like Person B, not caring about the environment at all."
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Shadow Village

Look at that shadow village, none of them can function right.
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Westlake Village

home to blonde soccer moms who have every plastic surgery to exist, that drive expensive sedans and do pilates
Westlake Village is full of snobby brats.
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skin village

The umbrella term to acknowledge that the two will partake in sexual activities that will result in jizzing or splooshing like savages.
Boys, I'm going on a long trip tonight.

SKIN VILLAGE!
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Paranoid village man

Curly headed
Loud mouth
Gets close to people when speaking to them

Expects the worst of things always

And defensive
The paranoid village man doesn’t want to accept that he is always paranoid
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