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The "not all Muslims are terrorists" fallacy
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RE: The "not all Muslims are terrorists" fallacy
(September 8, 2015 at 11:16 am)Lemonvariable72 Wrote: Me: islam is responsible for religious violence per capita then any other religion.
You: but not all Muslims are terrorists!.

I'm going with a garden-variety red herring fallacy:

Quote:As an informal fallacy, the red herring falls into a broad class of relevance fallacies. Unlike the straw man, which is premised on a distortion of the other party's position,[2] the red herring is a seemingly plausible, though ultimately irrelevant, diversionary tactic.[3] According to the Oxford English Dictionary, a red herring may be intentional, or unintentional; it does not necessarily mean a conscious intent to mislead.[1]

The expression is mainly used to assert that an argument is not relevant to the issue being discussed. For example, "I think that we should make the academic requirements stricter for students. I recommend that you support this because we are in a budget crisis and we do not want our salaries affected." The second sentence, though used to support the first sentence, does not address that topic.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_herring

Or perhaps, a variant of straw man. The "you" response, does not address the claim made by "Me" and is irrelevant to the claim being made.
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RE: The "not all Muslims are terrorists" fallacy - by abaris - September 8, 2015 at 11:26 am
RE: The "not all Muslims are terrorists" fallacy - by abaris - September 8, 2015 at 4:18 pm
RE: The "not all Muslims are terrorists" fallacy - by abaris - September 8, 2015 at 5:49 pm
RE: The "not all Muslims are terrorists" fallacy - by JesusHChrist - September 8, 2015 at 11:59 am
RE: The "not all Muslims are terrorists" fallacy - by Losty - September 8, 2015 at 4:39 pm
RE: The "not all Muslims are terrorists" fallacy - by Napoléon - September 9, 2015 at 10:26 am
RE: The "not all Muslims are terrorists" fallacy - by Angrboda - September 10, 2015 at 1:17 pm
RE: The "not all Muslims are terrorists" fallacy - by Bad Wolf - September 9, 2015 at 10:38 am
RE: The "not all Muslims are terrorists" fallacy - by robvalue - September 10, 2015 at 9:00 am
RE: The "not all Muslims are terrorists" fallacy - by Napoléon - September 10, 2015 at 11:51 am
RE: The "not all Muslims are terrorists" fallacy - by Napoléon - September 10, 2015 at 2:15 pm
RE: The "not all Muslims are terrorists" fallacy - by pocaracas - September 10, 2015 at 11:55 am
RE: The "not all Muslims are terrorists" fallacy - by Minimalist - September 10, 2015 at 11:57 am
RE: The "not all Muslims are terrorists" fallacy - by Regina - September 10, 2015 at 2:11 pm
RE: The "not all Muslims are terrorists" fallacy - by Napoléon - September 10, 2015 at 2:17 pm
RE: The "not all Muslims are terrorists" fallacy - by Losty - September 10, 2015 at 3:40 pm
RE: The "not all Muslims are terrorists" fallacy - by Regina - September 10, 2015 at 3:49 pm
RE: The "not all Muslims are terrorists" fallacy - by Regina - September 10, 2015 at 4:30 pm
RE: The "not all Muslims are terrorists" fallacy - by Napoléon - September 10, 2015 at 5:16 pm
RE: The "not all Muslims are terrorists" fallacy - by pocaracas - September 10, 2015 at 5:47 pm
RE: The "not all Muslims are terrorists" fallacy - by Napoléon - September 10, 2015 at 7:56 pm
The "not all Muslims are terrorists" fallacy - by KUSA - September 10, 2015 at 7:50 pm
RE: The "not all Muslims are terrorists" fallacy - by Napoléon - September 10, 2015 at 7:59 pm
RE: The "not all Muslims are terrorists" fallacy - by Napoléon - September 11, 2015 at 7:12 am
RE: The "not all Muslims are terrorists" fallacy - by Napoléon - September 11, 2015 at 11:41 am
RE: The "not all Muslims are terrorists" fallacy - by Napoléon - September 11, 2015 at 1:08 pm
RE: The "not all Muslims are terrorists" fallacy - by Napoléon - September 11, 2015 at 1:25 pm
RE: The "not all Muslims are terrorists" fallacy - by Napoléon - September 11, 2015 at 4:32 pm
RE: The "not all Muslims are terrorists" fallacy - by pocaracas - September 11, 2015 at 5:11 pm
RE: The "not all Muslims are terrorists" fallacy - by rado84 - September 12, 2015 at 6:03 am
RE: The "not all Muslims are terrorists" fallacy - by Cato - September 12, 2015 at 10:07 am
RE: The "not all Muslims are terrorists" fallacy - by abaris - September 12, 2015 at 2:33 pm
RE: The "not all Muslims are terrorists" fallacy - by rado84 - September 12, 2015 at 5:09 pm
RE: The "not all Muslims are terrorists" fallacy - by abaris - September 12, 2015 at 5:21 pm
RE: The "not all Muslims are terrorists" fallacy - by rado84 - September 12, 2015 at 5:34 pm
RE: The "not all Muslims are terrorists" fallacy - by abaris - September 12, 2015 at 5:43 pm
RE: The "not all Muslims are terrorists" fallacy - by Losty - September 12, 2015 at 5:52 pm
RE: The "not all Muslims are terrorists" fallacy - by Longhorn - September 12, 2015 at 6:00 pm
RE: The "not all Muslims are terrorists" fallacy - by Losty - September 12, 2015 at 6:38 pm
RE: The "not all Muslims are terrorists" fallacy - by abaris - September 12, 2015 at 6:42 pm
RE: The "not all Muslims are terrorists" fallacy - by pocaracas - September 12, 2015 at 7:13 pm
RE: The "not all Muslims are terrorists" fallacy - by abaris - September 12, 2015 at 8:37 pm
RE: The "not all Muslims are terrorists" fallacy - by rado84 - September 13, 2015 at 4:37 am
RE: The "not all Muslims are terrorists" fallacy - by Cato - September 13, 2015 at 4:46 am
RE: The "not all Muslims are terrorists" fallacy - by Losty - September 13, 2015 at 11:18 am
RE: The "not all Muslims are terrorists" fallacy - by abaris - September 13, 2015 at 11:41 am
RE: The "not all Muslims are terrorists" fallacy - by Losty - September 13, 2015 at 12:12 pm
RE: The "not all Muslims are terrorists" fallacy - by dyresand - September 13, 2015 at 12:41 pm
RE: The "not all Muslims are terrorists" fallacy - by Cato - September 13, 2015 at 3:45 am
RE: The "not all Muslims are terrorists" fallacy - by Regina - September 12, 2015 at 5:48 pm
RE: The "not all Muslims are terrorists" fallacy - by abaris - September 12, 2015 at 6:41 pm
RE: The "not all Muslims are terrorists" fallacy - by abaris - September 12, 2015 at 8:33 pm
RE: The "not all Muslims are terrorists" fallacy - by rado84 - September 13, 2015 at 4:57 am
RE: The "not all Muslims are terrorists" fallacy - by abaris - September 13, 2015 at 5:57 am
RE: The "not all Muslims are terrorists" fallacy - by rado84 - September 13, 2015 at 6:38 am
RE: The "not all Muslims are terrorists" fallacy - by rado84 - September 12, 2015 at 5:50 pm
RE: The "not all Muslims are terrorists" fallacy - by abaris - September 12, 2015 at 5:52 pm
RE: The "not all Muslims are terrorists" fallacy - by Regina - September 12, 2015 at 5:59 pm
RE: The "not all Muslims are terrorists" fallacy - by abaris - September 12, 2015 at 7:17 pm
RE: The "not all Muslims are terrorists" fallacy - by pocaracas - September 12, 2015 at 7:37 pm
RE: The "not all Muslims are terrorists" fallacy - by abaris - September 12, 2015 at 7:41 pm
RE: The "not all Muslims are terrorists" fallacy - by Longhorn - September 13, 2015 at 1:29 am
RE: The "not all Muslims are terrorists" fallacy - by abaris - September 13, 2015 at 2:45 pm
RE: The "not all Muslims are terrorists" fallacy - by rado84 - September 14, 2015 at 9:51 am
RE: The "not all Muslims are terrorists" fallacy - by Cato - September 17, 2015 at 11:47 pm
RE: The "not all Muslims are terrorists" fallacy - by rado84 - September 18, 2015 at 4:09 am
RE: The "not all Muslims are terrorists" fallacy - by rado84 - September 18, 2015 at 6:38 am
RE: The "not all Muslims are terrorists" fallacy - by rado84 - September 18, 2015 at 7:01 pm
RE: The "not all Muslims are terrorists" fallacy - by rado84 - September 19, 2015 at 6:14 am
RE: The "not all Muslims are terrorists" fallacy - by abaris - September 19, 2015 at 7:13 am
RE: The "not all Muslims are terrorists" fallacy - by rado84 - September 19, 2015 at 8:57 am
RE: The "not all Muslims are terrorists" fallacy - by Longhorn - September 13, 2015 at 3:12 am
RE: The "not all Muslims are terrorists" fallacy - by Longhorn - September 13, 2015 at 5:16 am
RE: The "not all Muslims are terrorists" fallacy - by Longhorn - September 13, 2015 at 2:30 pm
RE: The "not all Muslims are terrorists" fallacy - by Longhorn - September 13, 2015 at 2:45 pm
RE: The "not all Muslims are terrorists" fallacy - by Losty - September 13, 2015 at 2:59 pm
RE: The "not all Muslims are terrorists" fallacy - by abaris - September 13, 2015 at 3:21 pm
RE: The "not all Muslims are terrorists" fallacy - by Losty - September 13, 2015 at 3:24 pm
RE: The "not all Muslims are terrorists" fallacy - by abaris - September 13, 2015 at 3:28 pm
RE: The "not all Muslims are terrorists" fallacy - by pocaracas - September 16, 2015 at 5:43 am
RE: The "not all Muslims are terrorists" fallacy - by Napoléon - September 16, 2015 at 6:47 am
RE: The "not all Muslims are terrorists" fallacy - by robvalue - September 16, 2015 at 6:48 am
RE: The "not all Muslims are terrorists" fallacy - by pocaracas - September 16, 2015 at 8:14 am
RE: The "not all Muslims are terrorists" fallacy - by Napoléon - September 16, 2015 at 9:43 am
RE: The "not all Muslims are terrorists" fallacy - by pocaracas - September 16, 2015 at 10:57 am
RE: The "not all Muslims are terrorists" fallacy - by pocaracas - September 16, 2015 at 11:00 am
RE: The "not all Muslims are terrorists" fallacy - by Losty - September 16, 2015 at 11:49 am
RE: The "not all Muslims are terrorists" fallacy - by robvalue - September 16, 2015 at 8:41 am
RE: The "not all Muslims are terrorists" fallacy - by pocaracas - September 16, 2015 at 11:06 am
RE: The "not all Muslims are terrorists" fallacy - by Bad Wolf - September 16, 2015 at 12:14 pm
RE: The "not all Muslims are terrorists" fallacy - by Losty - September 16, 2015 at 12:21 pm
RE: The "not all Muslims are terrorists" fallacy - by Losty - September 16, 2015 at 2:26 pm
RE: The "not all Muslims are terrorists" fallacy - by Losty - September 19, 2015 at 2:33 pm
RE: The "not all Muslims are terrorists" fallacy - by pocaracas - September 20, 2015 at 7:05 am
RE: The "not all Muslims are terrorists" fallacy - by pocaracas - September 21, 2015 at 6:57 am
RE: The "not all Muslims are terrorists" fallacy - by Reforged - September 21, 2015 at 9:16 pm

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