You are a communist
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"Well I'm a registered voter in a Democratic Republic who votes regularly...Did you vote?" | "Well I'm a registered voter in a Democratic Republic who votes regularly...Did you vote?" | ||
| − | This claim is completely inane and scorn is probably deserved. You do not need to argue with such a claim. You can argue past it to an audience and then say "next" or pass by the claimant without any acknowledgment. | + | This claim is completely inane and scorn is probably deserved. You do not need to argue with such a claim as it is merely a fallacy (ad hominem and straw-man). You can argue past it to an audience and then say "next" or pass by the claimant without any acknowledgment. |
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| + | For further information on a similar fallacy, see.. | ||
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| + | [[Reductio ad Hitlerum]] | ||
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"No you are a communist"
"Well I'm a registered voter in a Democratic Republic who votes regularly...Did you vote?"
This claim is completely inane and scorn is probably deserved. You do not need to argue with such a claim as it is merely a fallacy (ad hominem and straw-man). You can argue past it to an audience and then say "next" or pass by the claimant without any acknowledgment.
For further information on a similar fallacy, see..
