preemptive-“ism”
a logical fallacy where claiming something is an “ism” (i.e. racism or s-xism, etc) because a person(a) is part of a specific group and not because of specific comments or actions from person(b) towards that person(a).
related to both “appeal to emotion” and “ad hominem” logical fallacies: by claiming “ism” one party appears as the victim (thus appealing to emotion) while smearing the other party negatively as racist, or s-xist, or other (thus an ad hominem attack).
jane: “donald trump interrupting hillary clinton during the debate is a sign of s-xism.”
dan: “why?”
jane: “well, because she’s a woman.”
dan: “that’s preemptive-“ism”, jane.”
greg: “obama’s healthcare plan hasn’t worked out too well for him.”
steven: “that’s racist!”
greg: “why?”
steven: “because obama is black!”
greg: “that’s preemptive-“ism”, steven.”
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