Argumentum ad Stalinum: "Stalin and Mao and Pol Pot were atheistic communists and they killed millions of their own people."
This is actually a variation of the Correlation is Causation fallacy.
One way to refute it is to repackage the argument in a way that rebounds on the claimant.
Argumentum ad Testosteronum: "Stalin and Mao and Pol Pot were all human males. Their cruelty and aggression must be attributed to their sex."
This is actually a variation of the Correlation is Causation fallacy.
One way to refute it is to repackage the argument in a way that rebounds on the claimant.
Argumentum ad Testosteronum: "Stalin and Mao and Pol Pot were all human males. Their cruelty and aggression must be attributed to their sex."
