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>I see lots of false equivalence arguments and (possibly fair, possibly not) If they are fair then it's just equivalence, not false equivalence. I feel like th
by viridian 9y ago
>I see lots of false equivalence arguments and (possibly fair, possibly not)
If they are fair then it's just equivalence, not false equivalence. I feel like this has become the new vogue term thrown around since Charlottesville happened, and it's seeing a lot of misuse. Most people don't even bother to explain why the equivalence is false, thus attempting to shut down the conversation in the manner of the fallacy fallacy.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argument_from_fallacy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argument_from_fallacy
- nl 9y ago>> I see lots of false equivalence arguments and (possibly fair, possibly not) criticisms of political violence from left-leaning groups > If they are fair then it's just equivalence, not false equivalence. I think you are misparsing my statement. The "and" separates two sub-statements: 1) I see lots of false equivalence arguments, and, additionally 2) I see lots of (possibly fair, possibly not) criticisms of political violence from left-leaning groups
- AnotXOR 9y agoWhat is true and fair is that Obama failed to condemn numerous left-wing violent acts and so far Trump has condemned all of the ones that the media attributes to the right, and the left for that matter but that's probably a negative to many posters here.