GamerGate - How to deal with fallacies

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It's dangerous to go alone! GASLIGHTING A form of mental abuse which a person excludes pieces of information or presents false information with the intent of making you question your memory COMPOSITION FALLACY Also known as Part of the Whole" Fallacy Similar to "Guilt by Association If something is true of a part it must be true of the whole Person A of #GamerGato said "Y. Therefore all #GamerGate supports ·Y' Counterpoint Religious people of the same religion can hold different beliofs about politics ASSOCIATION FALLACY Promiso A is aB Conclusion Therefore, all Bs are Cs This person supports harassment This person also supports #GamerGat@ Therefore all of #GamerGate supports harassment All dogs have four legs My cat has four legs Therefore, my cat is a do This fallacy is often used as an Ad Hominem attack DEFLECTIONS/RED HERRINGS Poisoning the Well Presenting adverse information to an audience with the intention of discrediting the opponent Example This #GamerGate supporter is also a misogynist Therefore you should not listen to what they say It is possible to bo a misogynist and still have a proper argument for or against something For example, a misogynist could argue against the idea that the world is flat. The claim is still correct The occusation con be toise. The #GomerGose supporter may not actually be a misagynist. But it is used to discredit them Straw man Porson 1 asserts proposition X Person 2 argues against a false but similar proposition Y, as if that were an argument against X I want to talk about ethics l don't want to talk about harassment. #GamerGate Supporter This person doesn't care I was harassed!" Straw Man The Straw Man made the false assertion that the #GamerGate Supporter does not care about them being harassed. The Straw Man is attempting to doflect the conversation away from othics. Argum ent by Assertion Repeating a point by asserting it is true Regardless if it is true or not xamples ial Example B: [valid argument Cl: therofore X is true B: [valid argument C): therefore X is true A: Argument C isnonsense; theroforo X is false Counterpoint This is "Listen and Believe" in a nutshell Regardless of valid evidence or arguments, the opponent will never admit they are wrong It is important that the grgument or evidence is valid. If you gre unable to convince them that your argument is valid -ask them to defend X with an argumh@nt or evidence, rath than 1h@ir own assertion. You con then debunk their argument or evidence Ad Hominem An attack against a person's character rather than the content of their arguments Example #GamerGate Supporter argues for X That's wrong because you're an idiot. Counterpoint Instead of attacking the argument for X, they called the person an idiot ignoring the argument If someone provides a counter-argument and calls you names Their argument may still be valid. Don't use argument from fallacy Fallacy of Origins A conclusion based ontirely on the origin of something rather than its current meaning or context #GamerGate started with hara $ $ ment Therefore #GamerGate is still about harassment Counterpoint The Pink Triangle originated from German labor camps It was used to identify homosexuals The Pink Triangle has been rebranded as a symbol of gay pride by homosexuals You'll often see this fallacy in the form of Even if you change the tag. you're still abusers Appeal to Motive You claim that A is true Because of B, you desire that A should be true Therefore, A is false Example You say that #GamerGate isn't about harassment But y。u only say that as an @xcus@ to harass Counterpoint This is avoiding the need to prove A is false Also known as circumstantial ad hominem It is impossible to prove you don't have a secrel motive -and an individugl making an Appeal to Motive won't be convinced that in @ rGate's context -th. .reoson to hgrass. motivo i easily debunkable. It's the internet. "Hiding behind a hashtag deesn't make sense. People don't need" a hashtag to hide behind.

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Bailoroc

Feb 03, 2015 at 04:55PM EST

I like how this handy chart also has applications beyond Gamergate. I've seen similar lists but they didn't include specific examples to make understanding the logic fallacies and how to counteract them easier to understand.

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