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Interventizio Posted 8 years ago
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What's it called when you're train to perform a sleight of hand and accuse the opponent of what he's been accusing you all along?

An example would be the theist saying to the atheist that his atheism is a religion too, because it's become a faith at this point: the faith in the non-existence of God.

  

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It's a Tu Quoque Fallacy. The tu quoque typically deflects criticism away from one’s self by accusing the other person of the same problem or something comparable. There are other possible fallacies, like the Red Herring (a diversionary tactic)..

  • It's a Tu Quoque Fallacy.
  • The tu quoque typically deflects criticism away from one’s self by accusing the other person of the same problem or something comparable.
  • There are other possible fallacies, like the Red Herring (a diversionary tactic)..
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It's a Tu Quoque Fallacy.

The tu quoque typically deflects criticism away from one’s self by accusing the other person of the same problem or something comparable.

There are other possible fallacies, like the Red Herring (a diversionary tactic)..

You can check out this description of typical argumentative fallacies:

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InterventizioAn example would be the theist saying to the atheist that his atheism is a religion too, because it's become a faith at this point: the faith in the non-existence of ***.

Yes, and even people who can't seem to make a decision are really making a decision because not deciding is deciding not to decide.

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Interventizioatheism is a religion

Yeah, it's like calling baldness a hairstyle.

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