If you don't like it, move = what fallacy?
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When criticizing government, society or whatever, people often retort, "If you don't like America, why don't you move somewhere else?"
What kind of fallacy would this qualify as?
At first glance, it doesn't appear to make an argument at all. However, there is an implied argument:
If one doesn't like (whatever), one should move (rather than trying to fix the problem).
Can anyone suggest what kind of fallacy this is?
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When criticizing government, society or whatever, people often retort, "If you don't like America, why don't you move somewhere else?"
What kind of fallacy would this qualify as?
At first glance, it doesn't appear to make an argument at all. However, there is an implied argument:
If one doesn't like (whatever), one should move (rather than trying to fix the problem).
Can anyone suggest what kind of fallacy this is?
fallacies
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When criticizing government, society or whatever, people often retort, "If you don't like America, why don't you move somewhere else?"
What kind of fallacy would this qualify as?
At first glance, it doesn't appear to make an argument at all. However, there is an implied argument:
If one doesn't like (whatever), one should move (rather than trying to fix the problem).
Can anyone suggest what kind of fallacy this is?
fallacies
asked 3 hours ago
David Blomstrom
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When criticizing government, society or whatever, people often retort, "If you don't like America, why don't you move somewhere else?"
What kind of fallacy would this qualify as?
At first glance, it doesn't appear to make an argument at all. However, there is an implied argument:
If one doesn't like (whatever), one should move (rather than trying to fix the problem).
Can anyone suggest what kind of fallacy this is?
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fallacies
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David Blomstrom
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David Blomstrom
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David Blomstrom
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I suppose that there are a whole pile of fallacies behind such arguments. The one that first comes to mind is that the argument assumes what it sets out to prove.
“There is nothing seriously wrong with this society, so the problem must lie in your own attitudes.” That is the conclusion. When the proponent recommends that the other person leave the country, the validity of this conclusion is taken as a given. The question of the truth or falsehood of the conclusion (which has become the assumption) is sidestepped completely.
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I suppose that there are a whole pile of fallacies behind such arguments. The one that first comes to mind is that the argument assumes what it sets out to prove.
“There is nothing seriously wrong with this society, so the problem must lie in your own attitudes.” That is the conclusion. When the proponent recommends that the other person leave the country, the validity of this conclusion is taken as a given. The question of the truth or falsehood of the conclusion (which has become the assumption) is sidestepped completely.
answered 2 hours ago
Mark Andrews
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I suppose that there are a whole pile of fallacies behind such arguments. The one that first comes to mind is that the argument assumes what it sets out to prove.
“There is nothing seriously wrong with this society, so the problem must lie in your own attitudes.” That is the conclusion. When the proponent recommends that the other person leave the country, the validity of this conclusion is taken as a given. The question of the truth or falsehood of the conclusion (which has become the assumption) is sidestepped completely.
answered 2 hours ago
Mark Andrews
2,297622
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up vote
2
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up vote
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I suppose that there are a whole pile of fallacies behind such arguments. The one that first comes to mind is that the argument assumes what it sets out to prove.
“There is nothing seriously wrong with this society, so the problem must lie in your own attitudes.” That is the conclusion. When the proponent recommends that the other person leave the country, the validity of this conclusion is taken as a given. The question of the truth or falsehood of the conclusion (which has become the assumption) is sidestepped completely.
answered 2 hours ago
Mark Andrews
2,297622
I suppose that there are a whole pile of fallacies behind such arguments. The one that first comes to mind is that the argument assumes what it sets out to prove.
“There is nothing seriously wrong with this society, so the problem must lie in your own attitudes.” That is the conclusion. When the proponent recommends that the other person leave the country, the validity of this conclusion is taken as a given. The question of the truth or falsehood of the conclusion (which has become the assumption) is sidestepped completely.
answered 2 hours ago
Mark Andrews
2,297622
answered 2 hours ago
Mark Andrews
2,297622
answered 2 hours ago
Mark Andrews
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answered 2 hours ago
Mark Andrews
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