The strategic deployment of fallacy accusations as a rhetorical weapon—using the language of logic not to identify errors but to dismiss opponents. Counter-fallacies are what happen when fallacy-spotting itself becomes fallacious. You cry "ad hominem" whenever someone criticizes you; you scream "straw man" whenever someone summarizes your position; you declare "slippery slope" whenever someone predicts consequences. The counter-fallacy turns logic into a cudgel, fallacy-naming into a silencing tactic. It's meta-fallacy: using the concept of fallacy to commit fallacies.
Counter-fallacies Example: "Every response she made was met with a fallacy label. 'Ad hominem!' (she'd mentioned his bias). 'Straw man!' (she'd summarized his argument). 'Slippery slope!' (she'd predicted a consequence). Counter-fallacy: using fallacy accusations to avoid engagement. He wasn't doing logic; he was doing rhetoric, using logic's language to silence discussion."
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The second claim you just made is countrey to the other one.
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