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"Whataboutism" is an informal fallacy that most non-technical folks (as in, not logicians) mis-invoke, like almost all other informal fallacies. My argument is
by dvt 5y ago
"Whataboutism" is an informal fallacy that most non-technical folks (as in, not logicians) mis-invoke, like almost all other informal fallacies. My argument is not even remotely whataboutism. In fact, it can be even formulated without addressing the "other side" at all: you're making a category error by going from general (party trends) to particular (individual voters).
It's simply a bad argument. I only brought up the "other side" to help analogize it, my apologies if it confused things.
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- carlisle_ 5y agoI can’t reply with emojis, so imagine this comment is just the eye roll emoji.
- dvt 5y agoI'm trying to be as charitable, polite, and thoughtful as possible with my replies. It's a real shame that HN is slowly devolving into reddit.
- carlisle_ 5y agoSo polite but still ready to insinuate other people are incapable of making a correct assertion because they are non-technical. To me it’s just painfully obvious you think very highly of yourself.