A denialism taxonomy: FLICC (fake experts, logical fallacies, ...)

Re:A denialism taxonomy: FLICC (fake experts, logical fallac... by danaris on Tuesday October 19, 2021 @05:55PM (#28924279)

While it's certainly true that there are some people on the Internet who both agree with the overwhelming scientific consensus on global warming and make bad arguments,

a) that does not imply that the position those arguments defend is incorrect, and

b) for the science denialists, bad arguments are all they have.

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Re:A denialism taxonomy: FLICC (fake experts, logical fallac... by AlbertCory on Tuesday October 19, 2021 @08:13PM (#28925336)

Let me rephrase that for you:

"My tribe is correct. It's the other one that's bad."

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Re:A denialism taxonomy: FLICC (fake experts, logical fallac... by danaris on Tuesday October 19, 2021 @08:15PM (#28925349)

"Both sides are just being tribal, there's no real right answer" is one of the more common methods used to dismiss the very real differences between the two sides and attempt to prevent progress from being made.

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Re:A denialism taxonomy: FLICC (fake experts, logical fallac... by AlbertCory on Tuesday October 19, 2021 @10:00PM (#28925969)

"progress" meaning "my tribe wins."

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Re:A denialism taxonomy: FLICC (fake experts, logical fallac... by danaris on Wednesday October 20, 2021 @12:52PM (#28932971)

"Progress," meaning "the things the "tribe" that labels itself as "progressive" wants."

So, yeah, you're not being particularly clever by observing that.

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