• Wren@lemmy.today
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      4 days ago

      That’s my favorite one. I have a personal fallacy where I don’t believe anyone who brings up fallacies. You’re a liar and a thief.

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      4 days ago

      It’s not that confusing. It’s arguing a fallacy implies a false conclusion.

      A more common fallacy around here is to claim that merely identifying a fallacy is an instance of argument from fallacy when rejecting invalid arguments is logical.

      • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
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        3 days ago

        merely identifying a fallacy is an instance of argument from fallacy

        When the comment begins and ends with “That’s an <X> fallacy” and ending any further introspection?

        “My mom said the sky is blue”

        “That’s an Argument from Authority! Fallacy!”

        When “fallacy!” becomes a thought-terminating response, it’s just debatebro shit.

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          2 days ago

          I don’t know what you’re trying to say. When someone identifies a fallacy & ends it right there, what do you expect them to do? Pretend your argument doesn’t suck?

          No one needs to waste their time with someone else’s unsound reasoning.