> Is there a logical fallacy for this? I call it the "fallacy of the crowd" and I agree it is very common. I first noticed it enough to give it a name (and th

> Is there a logical fallacy for this? I call it the "fallacy of the crowd" and I agree it is very common. I first noticed it enough to give it a name (and then see it everywhere!) about 12 years ago. Not just online, and it's not always talking about a negative, i.e. apparent hypocrisy or contradiction. It is also used to talk about apparent consequence or implication. E.g. political campaign speeches often use it. "They" this so "they" that; "they" this and then "they" that; "they" say this yet "they" do that: Different subsets of people referred to by "they" in the same sentence or train of thought. It's a great rhetorical trick for persuading large numbers of people of something rousing yet wrong.