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  • Belly35
    believer;1629900 wrote:
    rep mofo
  • O-Trap
  • believer
    HelloAgain;1631062 wrote:If you're going to make a shitty meme/cartoon that's nothing more than a quote and a picture, at least spell the name right.
    Is this one more to your liking?

  • HelloAgain
    believer;1631142 wrote:Is this one more to your liking?
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reductio_ad_Hitlerum
  • O-Trap
    In theory, in order for such an argument to qualify as argumentum ad Hitlerum, it has to be established that what is being compared is not, in fact, a just comparison.

    I'm making no claim either way on the subject at hand. Just suggesting that, perhaps, you want to add a little snippet as to why this qualifies as argumentum ad Hitlerum.
  • HelloAgain
    O-Trap;1631276 wrote:I'm making no claim either way on the subject at hand
    Why?
  • gut
    O-Trap;1631276 wrote:In theory, in order for such an argument to qualify as argumentum ad Hitlerum, it has to be established that what is being compared is not, in fact, a just comparison.

    I'm making no claim either way on the subject at hand. Just suggesting that, perhaps, you want to add a little snippet as to why this qualifies as argumentum ad Hitlerum.
    I'm probably the most likely here to agree with you....and I have to say that looks like jibberish.
  • O-Trap
    HelloAgain;1631291 wrote:Why?
    Because frankly, I don't give a shit either way.
    gut;1631329 wrote:I'm probably the most likely here to agree with you....and I have to say that looks like jibberish.
    Let me clarify:

    Argumentum ad Hitlerum is only fallacious if the comparison is not apt, at least in what is being compared.

    My old high school's shop teacher had a moustache that looked like Hitler's. By comparing him to Hitler, am I making the aforementioned fallacy? I'd submit not for two reasons:

    1. I can describe/demonstrate the similarity I've drawn, and

    2. I am not implying any additional similarity based on the one I can describe.

    If someone's ideology is, indeed, similar to Hitler's, then it is not fallacious to draw the comparison any more than it is for me to draw a comparison between my old school's shop teacher's moustache and Hitler's moustache.
  • HelloAgain
    O-Trap;1631527 wrote:Because frankly, I don't give a shit either way.
    ...
    Let me clarify:

    Argumentum ad Hitlerum is only fallacious if the comparison is not apt, at least in what is being compared.

    My old high school's shop teacher had a moustache that looked like Hitler's. By comparing him to Hitler, am I making the aforementioned fallacy? I'd submit not for two reasons:

    1. I can describe/demonstrate the similarity I've drawn, and

    2. I am not implying any additional similarity based on the one I can describe.

    If someone's ideology is, indeed, similar to Hitler's, then it is not fallacious to draw the comparison any more than it is for me to draw a comparison between my old school's shop teacher's moustache and Hitler's moustache.
    Certainly seems like it...
  • O-Trap
    HelloAgain;1631528 wrote:...



    Certainly seems like it...
    I care about being clearly understood, to be sure. However, being clearly understood is not equitable to picking a side on the topic of whether or not a modern political character is aptly compared to Hitler.

    So no, logically, it does not seem as though I care who is compared to who. I merely care to be clear and thorough in my articulation.
  • HelloAgain
    O-Trap;1631530 wrote:I care about being clearly understood, to be sure. However, being clearly understood is not equitable to picking a side on the topic of whether or not a modern political character is aptly compared to Hitler.

    So no, logically, it does not seem as though I care who is compared to who. I merely care to be clear and thorough in my articulation.
    A lot of effort being put forth here. No one can accuse you of not grinding it out.
  • O-Trap
    HelloAgain;1631533 wrote:A lot of effort being put forth here. No one can accuse you of not grinding it out.
    Don't worry. It's not really much effort. I tend to be thorough by nature, so it comes naturally, more or less.
  • TedSheckler
    Riveting...

    Now, less talkie, moar funny pics.
  • Devils Advocate
    Throne envy:

  • Devils Advocate
    HelloAgain;1631533 wrote:A lot of effort being put forth here. No one can accuse you of not grinding it out.
    O-Trap;1631535 wrote:Don't worry. It's not really much effort. I tend to be thorough by nature, so it comes naturally, more or less.
  • O-Trap
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  • Devils Advocate
  • believer
    Killing innocent unborn human beings for purposes of convenience isn't amazing. Responsible birth control is however.
  • HelloAgain
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