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To: tcrlaf

“hypocrite”

Your accusation is another Tu quoque remark used to derail and quash a discussion of the Russian Internet trolls by changing the subject to a different topic which you represent or misrepresent as critical of the United States and its allies.

Tu quoque; [1] Latin for “you, too” or “you, also”) or the appeal to hypocrisy is an informal logical fallacy that intends to discredit the opponent’s position by asserting the opponent’s failure to act consistently in accordance with that position. It attempts to show that a criticism or objection applies equally to the person making it. This attempts to dismiss opponent’s position based on criticism of the opponent’s inconsistency and not the position presented.[2] It is a special case of ad hominem fallacy, which is a category of fallacies in which a claim or argument is rejected on the basis of fact about the person presenting or supporting the claim or argument.[3] To clarify, although the person being attacked might indeed be acting inconsistently or hypocritically, such behavior does not invalidate the position presented. (Wikipedia)


66 posted on 03/26/2015 10:45:38 AM PDT by WhiskeyX
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To: WhiskeyX

There is the question of whether or some some avid supporters of the globalist agendas undertaken by the government are paid trolls of US agencies.

The “you too” does not prove a point logically, but it raises that question.

Of course the many FR lurkers and FReepers undoubtedly take this consideration into account.

The former 100% support of US government operations is very, very, very much waning amongst American conservatives, simply because we’re finding out that there definitely is something to the “wacko” conspiracy “theories”.

We’re finally waking up to globalism.

And the global elite sees that as the real problem for them that it is.


67 posted on 03/26/2015 10:57:47 AM PDT by PieterCasparzen (Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid: yea, we establish the law.)
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