Still seems like false equivalence. Condemning religion =/= partaking in ritual. It's also an example of the tu quoque fallacy.
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Replying to @G_S_Bhogal
no,it's not."Disrespecting" people by talking about an idea they hold dear,is not worse than disrespecting people by eating them
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Replying to @MaajidNawaz @G_S_Bhogal
And pointing out a hypocrisy is not the tu quoque fallacy, if the original argument one points to is in itself invalid.
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Replying to @MaajidNawaz
That depends on your intention. If it was to invalidate Reza's original assertion, it's tu quoque
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Replying to @G_S_Bhogal
1) tu quoque fallacy applies when it is used to invalidate an *originally valid* position, due to a hypocrisy in 2nd position
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Replying to @MaajidNawaz @G_S_Bhogal
no. it is when the validity of argument position is questioned by contrary action. Actual validity is irrelevant..
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if someone says (a) 2+2=5 but goes around behaving as if (b) 2+2=6 then (a) isn't wrong because they act (b)
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Replying to @NdeSpn @G_S_Bhogal
yes, but as I've been patiently explaining, *merely* pointing out hypocrisy is not the tu quoque fallacy
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Replying to @MaajidNawaz @G_S_Bhogal
I agree it isn't, but why let your argument rest on an invented 'originally valid' clause of tu quoque?
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Replying to @NdeSpn @G_S_Bhogal
1)assumption A is valid was me talking as if I was the one making claim 2) late,not doing this all again,g'night
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thanks for explaining things. I have new research re extremism in Luton published soon. You'll hear from me then
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