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marylandblue

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11. Fallacies are in arguments, not in facts.

Reply to guillaumeb (Reply #8)

Thu Mar 28, 2019, 06:49 PM

Mar 2019

A self-righteous argument, would be one where you say that most children are abused at home because you believe that is true and you intend to tell the truth. Your intent has no bearing on whether it's true or false.

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"Whataboutism": The Strategy to Get Away With Murder [View all] trotsky Mar 2019 OP

and, is a tu quoque fallacy regardless of the "Intent" (nt) NeoGreen Mar 2019 #1

Correct. n/t trotsky Mar 2019 #2

Arguing that a fallacy requires bad intent is the self-righteousness fallacy marylandblue Mar 2019 #6

An incorrect argument. guillaumeb Mar 2019 #8

Fallacies are in arguments, not in facts. marylandblue Mar 2019 #11

Whataboutism guillaumeb Mar 2019 #18

Damn, you've really humiliated yourself this time. trotsky Mar 2019 #20

Laughable. guillaumeb Mar 2019 #21

Yes, laughable is a good word to describe your flailing. trotsky Apr 2019 #22

LOL Act_of_Reparation Mar 2019 #15

Not according to actual definitions. guillaumeb Mar 2019 #9

Argument from Authority Fallacy. marylandblue Mar 2019 #13

Simple fallacy. guillaumeb Mar 2019 #17

Then when you call bullshit on the obvious bullshit... Major Nikon Mar 2019 #3

"It's not whataboutism when I do it." - the g-man n/t trotsky Mar 2019 #4

He is the one with the privilege Major Nikon Mar 2019 #5

Flawed, and derivative. guillaumeb Mar 2019 #7

shooting the messenger? uriel1972 Mar 2019 #10

Whataboutism guillaumeb Mar 2019 #19

Oh, dear... MineralMan Mar 2019 #12

Well if a good liberal source like Forbes says Medium is junk, by golly they're junk! LOL trotsky Mar 2019 #14

Meanwhile, ReligionNews is a bastion of objective, journalistic integrity. Act_of_Reparation Mar 2019 #16