We can all agree that Adolf Hitler was terrible. Adolf Hitler believed that 2+2=4 Therefore 2+2=5 -------------------------------------------- It's disturbing how common this style of reasoning from values to fake facts has become. Does this fallacy have a name? Should it?
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Replying to @RokoMijicUK
ive heard it referred to as argumentum ad hitlerum also the hitler likes sugar fallacy
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Replying to @imhinesmi @RokoMijicUK
More technically, the genetic fallacy, but "ad hitlerum" widely recognized. More recently, Trump Derangement Syndrome.
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Replying to @chrylis @RokoMijicUK
no the genetic fallacy is about where ideas come from, hitler likes sugar is about the supporters of an idea
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