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Peter: "Based on the arguments I have presented, it is evident that it is morally wrong to use animals for food or clothing."
Bill: "But you are wearing a leather jacket and you have a roast beef sandwich in your hand! How can you say that using animals for food and clothing is wrong!"
Bill: "But you are wearing a leather jacket and you have a roast beef sandwich in your hand! How can you say that using animals for food and clothing is wrong!"
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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1,346 Total Answer Attempts 56%
758 Correctly Popped Fallacies
588 Incorrectly Un/Popped


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Most Common Responses54 - Circumstantial Ad Hominem 49 - Personal Attack 36 - Guilt by Association 32 - Relativist Fallacy 28 - False Dilemma 23 - Appeal to the Consequences of a Belief 23 - Appeal to Ridicule 23 - Biased Generalization 22 - Special Pleading 22 - Appeal to Common Practice 21 - Ad Hominem 19 - Begging the Question 17 - Red Herring 17 - Poisoning the Well 16 - Misleading Vividness 15 - Appeal to Belief 15 - Slippery Slope 15 - Appeal to Spite 13 - Hasty Generalization 13 - Fallacy of Division 12 - Burden of Proof 11 - Confusing Cause and Effect 11 - Ignoring a Common Cause 10 - Post Hoc 9 - Genetic Fallacy 9 - Fallacy of Composition 8 - Appeal to Novelty 8 - Appeal to Emotion 7 - Appeal to Tradition 6 - Appeal to Authority 5 - Gambler's Fallacy 5 - Appeal to Popularity 4 - Middle Ground 4 - Peer Pressure 3 - Appeal to Pity 2 - Appeal to Flattery 1 - Appeal to Fear |
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