Posted on 01/29/2015 5:40:04 AM PST by secret garden
In order that we might all raise the level of discourse and expand our language abilities, here is the daily post of "Word for the Day".
tu quoque /too kwoh-kwee, -kwey/ interjection
You likewise: a retort made by a person accused of a crime implying that the accuser is also guilty of the same crime.
Example sentences:
A good debater recognizes that resorting to a tu quoque only weakens one's position in the argument.
"Thomas describes Williams's defense tactic as 'tu quoque' (you're another), basically the aggressive defense for which Williams was known, accusing the accusers."
-- From Kim Eisler's 2010 book Masters of the Game: Inside the World's Most Powerful Law Firm
Etymology:
Latin, literally "thou also" (or, in modern slang, "so are you!"); an argument which consists in retorting accusations. It is an appeal to hypocrisy, is a form of ad hominem fallacy that occurs when it is assumed that an argument is wrong if the source making the claim has itself spoken or acted in a way inconsistent with it. The fallacy focuses on the perceived hypocrisy of the opponent rather than the merits of their argument. Frequently paired with guilt by association. A typical tu quoque involves charging your accuser with whatever it is you've just been accused of rather than refuting the truth of the accusation -- an evasive strategy that may or may not meet with success. The term has been active in the English language for about 400 years and has been put to use by a number of English writers, including C.S. Lewis, who penned, "your condemnation of my taste is insolent; only manners deter me from a tu quoque." The term is Latin in origin and translates as "you too," although the translation "you're another" is sometimes used as well (as in our second example sentence). "Tu quoque" functions in English as a noun, but it's often used attributively to modify other nouns, as in "a tu quoque argument."
v The sentence must, in some way, relate to the news of the day. The Review threads are linked for your edification. ;-)
Practice makes perfect.....post on....
Review Thread One: Word For The Day, Thursday 11/14/02: Raffish
Review Thread Two: Word For The Day, Tuesday 1/14/03: Roister
Review Thread Three: Word For The Day, Tuesday 1/28/03: Obdurate
WFB's attempt to emulate us ; ) No pushing at the door please!
IBP
dsoesn’t donald trump wear a tu quoque?
Ooooh, this is a GOOD one!
The Obama’s have no problem thumbing their nose at the Saudis in a “tu quoque!” manner.
I know I am, but what are you? and you bringing in FURRIN words now ; ) ?
Those “tu quoque” brothers are planning to give bick bucks to conservative candidates for the 2016 elections causing liberal heads to explode all over the place.
Yeah boieeeee. A for you!
A+, clever one.
I suspect some form of mental illness with Ventura. It doesn’t excuse his behavior, but nothing else explains it. A+ for you!
I guess. Though from what a poster on that thread said he was similarly nasty when he was a host on a radio or tv show prior to WWF, so it is not necessarily head injury related mental illness. Another poster on the thread was semi-defending him, or at least acting like the jury award PROVES that kyle lied which I don’t think is necessarily the case. Does the OJ verdict prove that he didn’t kill Nicole and ron brown?
Since when are settlements confirmation of guilt? I thought they were a way of not being in court forever and paying more over the long haul, even if you are right.
there was a jury award not a settlement as I recall.
ha ha!
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