Could Be Worse Fallacy?
The Fallacy of Relative Privation Rejects an Argument by Stating the Existence of a More Important Problem. the Existence of Such a Worse Issue, the Fallacy...
The fallacy of relative privation rejects an argument by stating the existence of a more important problem. The existence of such a worse issue, the fallacy insists, thereby makes the initial argument irrelevant. This fallacy is also known as the appeal to worse problems or “not as bad as”.
What is a fallacy fallacy example?
An example of the fallacy-fallacy fallacy is the following: Alex: your argument contained a strawman, so you're wrong. Bob: it's wrong of you to assume that my argument is wrong just because it contains a fallacy, so that means that you're wrong, and my original argument was right.
What else could it be fallacy?
- Ad Hominem.
- Strawman Argument.
- Appeal to Ignorance.
- False Dilemma.
- Slippery Slope Fallacy.
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