The Clintonian Fallacy, so called because of former President Clinton's infamous line, "It depends upon what the meaning of the word 'is' is", is when someone you are debating tries to derail an argument by squabbling over the well known, and traditionally accepted, definitions and meanings of words and or ideas.
You: Racism is the belief that one race is superior to another.
SJW: No!!! Racism is...White patriarchy!!!...Even when you are not being racist you are being racist!!! Even when you don't know it!!! Your very existence is racist!!!! You, by NOT judging someone by the color of their skin is also an act of racism, and absolute proof of white privilege!!!!
You: The Clintonian Fallacy
SJW: You are ALSO a White Supremacist for not agreeing with me and disagreeing with the idea of a socialist welfare state that takes from the 1%!!!!!
You: What the hell?
SJW: No!!! Racism is...White patriarchy!!!...Even when you are not being racist you are being racist!!! Even when you don't know it!!! Your very existence is racist!!!! You, by NOT judging someone by the color of their skin is also an act of racism, and absolute proof of white privilege!!!!
You: The Clintonian Fallacy
SJW: You are ALSO a White Supremacist for not agreeing with me and disagreeing with the idea of a socialist welfare state that takes from the 1%!!!!!
You: What the hell?
by GiggiddyGiggidyClinton February 28, 2018
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The Bakern't's Fallacy is a common fallacy where someone tries to assign the same quality to some Cause as to the necessary Result of said Cause when, and only when, said Cause is the only exception to said Result; in other words, when, and only when, said Result is the Result of no Cause also.
Formally: (0=bad->(0->(x->0)->x=bad), where x != 0
Formally: (0=bad->(0->(x->0)->x=bad), where x != 0
Someone: if you hoard all the bread, then we will not have bread!
Baker: you didn't have bread to begin with so you're committing the Bakern't's Fallacy!
Baker: you didn't have bread to begin with so you're committing the Bakern't's Fallacy!
by Father of Sons December 19, 2019
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Dude, we're hunting rabbits, where the fuck did you find a shark? You have just attempted to use the Texas Sharkshooter Fallacy.
Dude, we're hunting rabbits, where the fuck did you find a shark? You have just attempted to use the Texas Sharkshooter Fallacy.
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People who like Harry Potter, but aren't transphobic, are suffering from the Fandom Over Freedom Fallacy.
Pro BLM people who like Dragon Ball Z despite the racist depictions of black people.
Feminists who like Star Trek: The Next Generation despite SEVERAL rapey Deanna Troi episodes.
Pro BLM people who like Dragon Ball Z despite the racist depictions of black people.
Feminists who like Star Trek: The Next Generation despite SEVERAL rapey Deanna Troi episodes.
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'This rung is broken... therefore I must climb higher up the ladder!'
When true logic is going back to ground level and starting everything over the right way.
This occurs when someone is so focused on a goal - they push for said goal passed the point of reason.
Usually accompanied with rhetoric such as "there's no going back!" and "if you want to make an omelette, you've got to break some eggs!" - to eliminate 'going back to ground level' as an option.
The ladder always collapses. The farther they've pushed - the more dangerous the crash back down.
'This rung is broken... therefore I must climb higher up the ladder!'
When true logic is going back to ground level and starting everything over the right way.
This occurs when someone is so focused on a goal - they push for said goal passed the point of reason.
Usually accompanied with rhetoric such as "there's no going back!" and "if you want to make an omelette, you've got to break some eggs!" - to eliminate 'going back to ground level' as an option.
The ladder always collapses. The farther they've pushed - the more dangerous the crash back down.
Example 1: "Workers need the cheaper goods" is a broken rung fallacy. If the jobs aren't sent over seas in the first place - they can afford the better goods.
Example 2: "Millions of women's lives would be ruined without abortions" is a broken rung fallacy. If our society doesn't encourage promiscuity in the first place - there isn't millions of women pregnant out of wedlock, in the first place.
Example 3: "Neither of us knew our fathers - so we're taking our mother's names" is a broken rung fallacy. Guaranteed both come from nontraditional families - and going farther down this path is just ensuring more broken homes.
Example 2: "Millions of women's lives would be ruined without abortions" is a broken rung fallacy. If our society doesn't encourage promiscuity in the first place - there isn't millions of women pregnant out of wedlock, in the first place.
Example 3: "Neither of us knew our fathers - so we're taking our mother's names" is a broken rung fallacy. Guaranteed both come from nontraditional families - and going farther down this path is just ensuring more broken homes.
by Cal Dirty July 4, 2022
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