failacy
noun: fail-acy
an attempt to characterize an argument as a fallacy that is itself a fallacy. that is, a failed fallacy.
a comment on a guardian article about ayn rand says simply:
“and ayn rand was the ultimate hypocrite, relying on the state that she so despised to look after her in her final years.”
a reply to that comment claims:
“this is the ad hominem tu quoque fallacy. this fallacy is committed when it is concluded that a person’s claim is false because
1) it is inconsistent with something else a person has said, or
2) what a person says is inconsistent with her actions.”
however, the original commenter never claimed ayn rand’s claims were invalid, merely that she was a hypocrite. therefore the claims that this is an “ad hominem tu quoque” fallacy is a failacy in itself. at best the original argument is a simple ad hominem fallacy, an attack against her person vs the argument. at worst it is a simple statement of fact and therefore the “tu quoque” claim is a straw man fallacy – an attack against a mischaracterization of the opponent’s argument.
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