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    false equivalence or false equivalency is an informal fallacy in which an equivalence is drawn between two subjects based on flawed, faulty, or false...
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  • genocide denial because of similar tactics of misrepresenting evidence, false equivalence, claiming that atrocities were invented by war propaganda and that...
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  • criticised for promoting a false equivalence between misandry and misogyny,: 132  as part of an antifeminist backlash. The false idea that misandry is commonplace...
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    chattel slavery on Africans and their descendants, have used this false equivalence to deny racism against African Americans or claim that African Americans...
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  • given as the only possible options when, in reality, there are more. False equivalence – describing two or more statements as virtually equal when they are...
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  • linguistic misconception Evasion (ethics): Tell the truth while deceiving False equivalence: Fallacy based on flawed reasoning If-by-whiskey: An example Map-territory...
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    support for Wakefield's hypothesis. Argument to moderation Centrism False equivalence FCC fairness doctrine Golden mean Horseshoe theory Journalistic objectivity...
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  • would also lead to nothing). Eye for an eye Double negation False dilemma False equivalence Lesser of two evils principle Punishment Retributive justice...
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  • raised against the United States. Accusation in a mirror Clean hands False equivalence In pari delicto List of fallacies List of Latin phrases Matthew 7:5...
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  • unaccepted theories are difficult to construct. Issues of false balance or false equivalence can occur when fringe theories are presented as being equal...
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    about "Jenny McCarthy's Vaccination Fear-Mongering and the Cult of False Equivalence": "One of the most prominent promoters of this falsehood [that vaccines...
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  • "argument" has the following form: Unfavorable information (be it true or false) about person A is presented by another. Example: "Before you listen to...
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  • Argument to moderation (Latin: argumentum ad temperantiam)—also known as the false compromise, argument from middle ground, fallacy of gray, middle ground...
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    denotes the total number of cases with a positive breathalyzer result. The equivalence of this equation to the above one follows from the axioms of probability...
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  • The example cited was a 15 December 2018 Irish digital media company ad falsely claiming that two thirds of people wanted Santa to be either female or...
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    Dogpiling (Internet) Ergo decedo Fair game (Scientology) Fake news False equivalence Fundamental attribution error Gaslighting Godwin's law Hostile witness...
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  • well on them. Many liberal social media users claim the term is a false equivalence. Ro Khanna has half jokingly referred to his approach as Blue MAGA...
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    Equivocation Equivocation False equivalence False attribution Moral equivalence Quoting out of context Loki's Wager No true Scotsman Reification Map–territory...
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  • simply the opposite of 'verifies'; and it therefore means 'shows to be false'.) Allowing that this is indeed such a counter example, he ought to withdraw;...
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    A false dilemma, also referred to as false dichotomy or false binary, is an informal fallacy based on a premise that erroneously limits what options are...
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  • Equivocation Equivocation False equivalence False attribution Moral equivalence Quoting out of context Loki's Wager No true Scotsman Reification Map–territory...
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  • The questionable cause—also known as causal fallacy, false cause, or non causa pro causa ("non-cause for cause" in Latin)—is a category of informal fallacies...
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  • assassination Clean hands Discrediting tactic Fallacy of relative privation False equivalence Genetic fallacy Physician, heal thyself Poisoning the well Precedent...
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    Equivocation Equivocation False equivalence False attribution Moral equivalence Quoting out of context Loki's Wager No true Scotsman Reification Map–territory...
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  • and inferring that, since it contains a fallacy, its conclusion must be false. It is also called argument to logic (argumentum ad logicam), the fallacy...
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    in fact remained entirely random. Barnum effect Confirmation bias False equivalence Ideas and delusions of reference Magical thinking Post hoc ergo propter...
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  • Equivocation Equivocation False equivalence False attribution Moral equivalence Quoting out of context Loki's Wager No true Scotsman Reification Map–territory...
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    also called false dichotomy Selectively using facts (card stacking) Making false or misleading comparisons (false equivalence or false analogy) Generalizing...
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  • for material equivalence, so proper interpretation would depend on the context. Logical equivalence is different from material equivalence, although the...
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  • person incorrectly perceives an analogy as an assertion of complete equivalence between two subjects, overlooking the nuanced, limited, or abstract similarities...
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