• StalinIsMaiWaifu@lemmygrad.ml
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    2 months ago

    Fallacies cheapen arguments by being wrong/illogical, of course it only actually matters to debate perverts which is why politicians love fallacies

    • happybadger [he/him]@hexbear.netOP
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      2 months ago

      But wrong and illogical aren’t the same thing. I’m making a pathos argument when I say “Whatever your opinion was, you’re stupid and I’m not going to pretend you’re a serious person” because I want bystanders to pile on. It certainly isn’t a logos response to whatever they said because they’re a donkey-ass individual. I can be right though if they’re saying something wrong and I’m not entertaining it. That’s still a fallacy to me, they just aren’t worth more than the laziest response I can give that hurts them.