Re:Intel CEO leaves American Manufacturing Council
by nl on Tuesday August 15, 2017 @09:06AM
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>> I see lots of false equivalence arguments and (possibly fair, possibly not) criticisms of political violence from left-leaning groups
> If they are fair then it's just equivalence, not false equivalence.
I think you are misparsing my statement. The "and" separates two sub-statements:
1) I see lots of false equivalence arguments,
and, additionally
2) I see lots of (possibly fair, possibly not) criticisms of political violence from left-leaning groups
Re:Intel CEO leaves American Manufacturing Council
by AnotXOR on Tuesday August 15, 2017 @09:32AM
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What is true and fair is that Obama failed to condemn numerous left-wing violent acts and so far Trump has condemned all of the ones that the media attributes to the right, and the left for that matter but that's probably a negative to many posters here.
If they are fair then it's just equivalence, not false equivalence. I feel like this has become the new vogue term thrown around since Charlottesville happened, and it's seeing a lot of misuse. Most people don't even bother to explain why the equivalence is false, thus attempting to shut down the conversation in the manner of the fallacy fallacy.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argument_from_fallacy