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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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1,411 Total Answer Attempts 52%
735 Correctly Popped Fallacies
676 Incorrectly Un/Popped


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Most Common Responses58 - Circumstantial Ad Hominem 42 - Personal Attack 34 - Post Hoc 34 - Poisoning the Well 34 - Appeal to Ridicule 31 - Appeal to the Consequences of a Belief 28 - Relativist Fallacy 28 - Guilt by Association 23 - False Dilemma 23 - Burden of Proof 22 - Red Herring 21 - Peer Pressure 21 - Genetic Fallacy 21 - Fallacy of Composition 19 - Appeal to Belief 18 - Appeal to Tradition 17 - Ad Hominem 17 - Appeal to Common Practice 17 - Confusing Cause and Effect 16 - Fallacy of Division 16 - Biased Generalization 15 - Hasty Generalization 15 - Begging the Question 14 - Appeal to Spite 12 - Misleading Vividness 12 - Slippery Slope 11 - Appeal to Flattery 10 - Special Pleading 8 - Gambler's Fallacy 8 - Appeal to Popularity 7 - Appeal to Novelty 5 - Middle Ground 5 - Appeal to Authority 5 - Ignoring a Common Cause 4 - Appeal to Pity 3 - Appeal to Emotion 2 - Appeal to Fear |
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