A Kafka trap is a fallacy where if someone denies being x it is taken as evidence that the person is x since someone who is x would deny being x.
This is a fallacy because it’s a form of circular reasoning: a person who is not x would truthfully deny being x.
Hence, the fallacy implies if a person is not x, then they are x.
This is logically equivalent to assuming the person is x.
What a way to out yourselves as assholes by acting like this comic is personally attacking you
They are claiming the people who criticize the fallacies in the comic are ‘outing themselves as assholes’ as ‘personally attacked’.
They assume if someone criticizes the comic, then they must be the type of person the comic criticizes.
There’s no possible way the comic has an actual flaw to criticize.
This is a Kafka trap with the condition x as if they criticize the comic, then they are the type of person the comic criticizes.
The trap supposes the condition is always true.
It implies anyone who criticizes the comic must be the type of person the comic criticizes.
By ad hominem fallacy, they proceed to discredit any critic’s claims that the comic could have an actual flaw to criticize.
In symbolic logic
A: the critic criticizes the comic
B: the critic is the type of person the comic criticizes
Cx: the critic claims x
A
¬(A → B) → C¬(A → B)
C¬(A → B) → A → B: Kafka trap premise
¬(A → B) → A → B: 2, 3 hypothetical syllogism
A → B: 4 logical equivalence
B: 1, 5 modus ponens
Whether or not you accept the argument conforms to a Kafka trap, the fact remains they unjustifiably assume faulty premise A → B, conclude B, & proceed to dismiss critics’ objections via apparent ad hominem.
The frequent defense of & blindness to fallacies is an interesting phenomenon that isn’t that mysterious to explain: some people are stubborn, shitty reasoners.
This is a fallacy because it’s a form of circular reasoning: a person who is not x would truthfully deny being x. Hence, the fallacy implies if a person is not x, then they are x. This is logically equivalent to assuming the person is x.
They are claiming the people who criticize the fallacies in the comic are ‘outing themselves as assholes’ as ‘personally attacked’. They assume if someone criticizes the comic, then they must be the type of person the comic criticizes. There’s no possible way the comic has an actual flaw to criticize.
This is a Kafka trap with the condition x as if they criticize the comic, then they are the type of person the comic criticizes. The trap supposes the condition is always true. It implies anyone who criticizes the comic must be the type of person the comic criticizes.
By ad hominem fallacy, they proceed to discredit any critic’s claims that the comic could have an actual flaw to criticize.
In symbolic logic
Whether or not you accept the argument conforms to a Kafka trap, the fact remains they unjustifiably assume faulty premise A → B, conclude B, & proceed to dismiss critics’ objections via apparent ad hominem.
The frequent defense of & blindness to fallacies is an interesting phenomenon that isn’t that mysterious to explain: some people are stubborn, shitty reasoners.