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minus-squareDasus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 months ago“Smart argument” is pointing at fallacies? What are you, 20? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argument_from_fallacy
minus-squareKnot@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 months agoEven by the article you linked, it’s not wrong to point out a fallacy. It’d be wrong to conclude that since the argument was fallacious, the opposite must be true, but the local man didn’t say that.
minus-squareDasus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 months ago but the local man didn’t say that. Nor did I say he did.
minus-squareabbotsbury@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 months agoYou’re right, it’s not a complete argument by itself, but it is a smart rebuttal to identify the fallacious logic.
“Smart argument” is pointing at fallacies? What are you, 20?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argument_from_fallacy
Even by the article you linked, it’s not wrong to point out a fallacy. It’d be wrong to conclude that since the argument was fallacious, the opposite must be true, but the local man didn’t say that.
Nor did I say he did.
You’re right, it’s not a complete argument by itself, but it is a smart rebuttal to identify the fallacious logic.