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Argument from Fallacy aka. The Fallacy Fallacy (en.wikipedia.org)

submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by TriflingToad to c/wikipedia

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There's a Fallacy called the Fallacy Fallacy which is a Fallacy that's based on the idea that if an argument has a Fallacy the conclusion is false which is a Fallacy, the Fallacy that the Fallacy Fallacy is about.

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[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Wikipedia is predominantly cisgendered, so consider the bias of this article

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago (2 children)

... what ... does a kind of fallacy... have to do with gender?

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I think they're trying to make a reference to the fallacy in question but I'm honestly unsure

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago

Oh my fucking god you're right.

Welp.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

👌

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Is that a gal I see? No, its just a fallacy!

[–] Plum 3 points 1 month ago

That sounds like it should be from a Tom Lehrer song.