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To: tcrlaf

I suppose the Russian Nazis are better than the Ukrainian Nazis.


104 posted on 08/16/2014 10:54:15 AM PDT by 1rudeboy
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To: 1rudeboy

“I suppose the Russian Nazis are better than the Ukrainian Nazis”

False equivalence is a logical fallacy which describes a situation where there is a logical and apparent equivalence, but when in fact there is none.

A common way for this fallacy to be perpetuated is one shared trait between two subjects is assumed to show equivalence, especially in order of magnitude, when equivalence is not necessarily the logical result.

In other words, correlation does not mean causation. The pattern of the fallacy is often as such: If A is the set of c and d, and B is the set of d and e, then since they both contain d, A and B are equal. d is not required to exist in both sets; only a passing similarity is required to cause this fallacy to be able to be used.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_equivalence


108 posted on 08/16/2014 11:09:57 AM PDT by tcrlaf (Q)
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