Care to post a brief history of the tu quoque fallacy while you're at it?
Dave
So, if, for example, you abuse children and then foam at the mouth about child abusers it doesn't matter because of the "tu quoque fallacy"?
Is that how it works?
Care to post a brief history of the tu quoque fallacy while you're at it?
Dave
And second, there is not a shred of evidence that his friends, Mohammed Atta and Co. participated in the attacks of 9/11
So, if, for example, you abuse children and then foam at the mouth about child abusers it doesn't matter because of the "tu quoque fallacy"?
I'm going to pretend you were asking that question honestly, even though we both know you were being deliberately disingenuous.
Let's suppose you abuse children, and at the same time demand tougher sentences for child abusers. The tu quoque fallacy would be for me to say "But you abuse children yourself, so child abusers should actually be let off." A more defensible response would be "I agree, and you should suffer the same penalties."
Now, let's say a group of Islamic Jihadists are terrorists, and the United States claims that they should be punished for their actions. If you were to say, "But the United States carries out acts of terrorism too, so the Jihadists shouldn't be punished," that would be the tu quoque fallacy.
That's how it works. And what's interesting is that, in framing your incorrect example of the tu quoque fallacy, you are actually committing a tu quoque fallacy.
Dave
So why isn't orphia nay foaming at the mouth about US terrorism and US support for terrorists?
That's how it works. And what's interesting is that, in framing your incorrect example of the tu quoque fallacy, you are actually committing a tu quoque fallacy.
Dave
Uh, because the thread isn't about that?
So why doesn't orphia nay foam indignantly at the mouth about US terrorism and US support for terrorists?
Because you're here to do enough of it for all of us.
Dave
Wrong.
So why doesn't orphia nay foam indignantly at the mouth about US terrorism and US support for terrorists?
Rubbish.
Please answer my question.
Well, I see that the fact that you totally butchered the concept of a tu quoque fallacy has been adequately pointed out.
More to the point, why don't YOU foam indignantly at the mouth about the Atta and the fanatic Muslim terrorism and Gage's and DRG's support for terrorists, JihadJane?
Please feel free to comment about your own feeling for the jihadists, Jane. This is the thread for that!
Rubbish.
Please answer my question.
OK. I'm not Orphia Nay, so I don't know what is the basis for Orphia Nay's choice of topics to comment on.
Does that prove 9/11 was an inside job?
Dave
Why's that more to the point? And what would be the point of me foaming at the mouth?
I'm not sure that the "tu quoque" fallacy is even relevant. Orphia nay's exclusive focus on one particular variety of terrorism suggests she isn't really bothered about the morality of terrorism at all, but is simply using faux outrage as a character assassination ruse and and as excuse to indulge in some propagandistic gossip.
Thanks for making it explicit that this thread is about emotions rather than critical thinking.
So why doesn't orphia nay foam indignantly at the mouth about US terrorism and US support for terrorists?
I'm not Orphia Nay, so I don't know what is the basis for Orphia Nay's choice of topics to comment on.
Does that prove 9/11 was an inside job?
I'm not sure that the "tu quoque" fallacy is even relevant. Orphia nay's exclusive focus on one particular variety of terrorism suggests she isn't really bothered about the morality of terrorism at all, but is simply using faux outrage as a character assassination ruse and and as excuse to indulge in some propagandistic gossip.
May I print this post up and put in a frame, with pretty bows and pastel colors spelling out the words:
HYPOCRISY?
Because it is ever such a fine example of that, JihadJane. I particularly enjoyed the fact that you took umbrage at my use of your words “foaming at the mouth” when those are the exact same freaking words that you used in your own post.
I am also considering framing it with the caption:
OBVIOUS DUCKING OF THE QUESTION.
But to be honest, my walls are covered with thousands of Truther quotes already where they do so.
Anyhow, anytime you want to address the question, that would be fine with me, or just duck the question, you are real good at that.
I'm not sure that the "tu quoque" fallacy is even relevant. Orphia nay's exclusive focus on one particular variety of terrorism suggests she isn't really bothered about the morality of terrorism at all, but is simply using faux outrage as a character assassination ruse and and as excuse to indulge in some propagandistic gossip.
I answered your question with two questions: