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I think the canonical example on Wikipedia is false in that it is historically where the name comes from, but it's not itself a fallacy at all. From the descri
by martinced 14y ago
I think the canonical example on Wikipedia is false in that it is historically where the name comes from, but it's not itself a fallacy at all.
From the description of the fallacy the "if-by-whiskey" fallacy would be someone taking either one side, or the other.
So the "canonical example" is not at all an example of the fallacy but simply the roots of the name of the fallacy.
- simonh 14y agoNot at all. When Mr Sweat asks "if by whiskey you mean..." he's making it explicit that his opinion depends on that of the questioner.