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option · 01-20-2003, 04:49 PM

The fallacy of opposites.

"If you condemn slanted reporting of protest activities, you must be claiming all protesters have 'the purest of motives.'"

The fallacy of conflation.

"Even when the writer is making a point about the separation of two ideas/objects/groups, they are artificially rejoined. i.e. All protestors must be the same as these criminals (who 'trash stuff')."

So are you just bad at this? Or do you have some kind of agenda?

01-20-2003, 04:49 PM	#7
option Layperson Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 13	Classic The fallacy of opposites. "If you condemn slanted reporting of protest activities, you must be claiming all protesters have 'the purest of motives.'" The fallacy of conflation. "Even when the writer is making a point about the separation of two ideas/objects/groups, they are artificially rejoined. i.e. All protestors must be the same as these criminals (who 'trash stuff')." So are you just bad at this? Or do you have some kind of agenda? Last edited by option; 01-20-2003 at 05:43 PM.