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I don’t know, in a world where dictators bomb whoever they want, if punching someone is the worst thing you can do. People continue to follow and fangirl the politicians who enact violence, so why should one go on a crusade against a tv star who gets a little hands on?


You can be against more than one thing.


That's appeal to bigger problems fallacy.


What's the name of the fallacy in which one tediously shuts down all conversations by highlighting a named fallacy?


> shuts down

You're free to continue conversing.

> all conversations

Also a fallacy.


I wasn't conversing in the first place, I'm just bored of reading through exchanges where at some point someone says Aha! That's a fallacy! Got you, I win!


I know you weren’t. Which was my point: the conversation was not shut down. If pointing out someone’s manipulation is not OK to you, then you’re probably better off trying a different discussion board.


the phallusy fallacy




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