Judgement of Past Actions. Someone is younger. They are immature. They are with friends who are a bad influence. Because of all that, they do some dumb shit. Later on, they are judged for that dumb shit.
Some would call that unfair, and others would call it fair.
Some would call that unfair, and others would call it fair.
Judgement of Past Actions
Example
P1: Ew look at what this guy did online!
P2: Aw gross how could someone type that!
P3: Maybe he was young and immature!
P1 and P2: NO WAY FUCK YOU!!!
P1: Anyway its so gross!
P2: Yeah I don't even want to know who they are!
P1: Let judge him!
P2: Judgement of Past Actions!
Example
P1: Ew look at what this guy did online!
P2: Aw gross how could someone type that!
P3: Maybe he was young and immature!
P1 and P2: NO WAY FUCK YOU!!!
P1: Anyway its so gross!
P2: Yeah I don't even want to know who they are!
P1: Let judge him!
P2: Judgement of Past Actions!
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Some say that it takes years to deserve this, even marriage.
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Get the Ocean Township Action mug.A fallacy where someone focuses on the actions, behavior, or perceived motives of the person making an argument rather than engaging the argument's content. "Look what they did" becomes a way of dismissing what they say. The fallacy lies in treating action as evidence about truth—as if someone's behavior determines whether their claims are correct. But people can act badly and still speak truth; people can act virtuously and still be wrong. Argumentum Ad Actione is ad hominem applied to behavior rather than character, but it's still avoiding the content.
"She made excellent points about economic inequality. Response: 'But she drives an expensive car—she's a hypocrite!' That's Argumentum Ad Actione—focusing on her actions, not her arguments. Maybe she's hypocritical; maybe not. Either way, her arguments about inequality stand or fall on their own. Actions don't refute claims; they just provide distraction."
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"I critiqued a political post. Response: 'Your angry response just proves the post right!' That's Argument Ad Structura-Actione-Hominem—using my tone (action), my style (structure), and me (person) to dismiss my points without addressing them. Maybe I was angry; maybe my style was messy; maybe I'm flawed. None of that addresses whether my critique was valid. The move is clever evasion, not engagement."
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