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Logical Fallacy: a error in reasoning
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0 comments All Discussions | Below is the statement as it appears with the fallacy marked as correct. You can see the totals of most frequent responses to this statement. And after reading the any discussion going on below, you can select your choice(s) for the correct answer. For now, whoever posts each statement can update corrections. |


Jill: "I think the gun control bill shouldn't be supported because it won't be effective and will waste money."
Bill: "Well, just last month you supported the bill. So I guess you're wrong now."
Bill: "Well, just last month you supported the bill. So I guess you're wrong now."
Ad Hominem Tu Quoque
AKA "You Too Fallacy" Category: Fallacies of Relevance (Red Herrings) → Ad hominems (Genetic Fallacies) This fallacy is committed when it is concluded that a person's claim is false because 1) it is inconsistent with something else a person has said or 2) what a person says is inconsistent with her actions. This type of "argument" has the following form:
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1,516 Total Answer Attempts 51%
779 Correctly Popped Fallacies
737 Incorrectly Un/Popped
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Example from LaBossiere's Forty Two Fallacies


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Most Common Responses65 - Circumstantial Ad Hominem 47 - Personal Attack 36 - Post Hoc 36 - Poisoning the Well 36 - Appeal to Ridicule 32 - Appeal to the Consequences of a Belief 29 - Relativist Fallacy 29 - Guilt by Association 26 - Fallacy of Composition 24 - False Dilemma 24 - Red Herring 23 - Genetic Fallacy 23 - Appeal to Spite 23 - Burden of Proof 22 - Appeal to Belief 21 - Peer Pressure 20 - Appeal to Common Practice 19 - Appeal to Tradition 19 - Confusing Cause and Effect 18 - Biased Generalization 18 - Ad Hominem 16 - Fallacy of Division 16 - Hasty Generalization 16 - Begging the Question 14 - Misleading Vividness 13 - Slippery Slope 11 - Appeal to Flattery 10 - Special Pleading 8 - Gambler's Fallacy 8 - Appeal to Novelty 8 - Appeal to Popularity 6 - Appeal to Authority 6 - Ignoring a Common Cause 5 - Middle Ground 4 - Appeal to Emotion 4 - Appeal to Pity 2 - Appeal to Fear |
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