RE: 'tu quoque' am I iwrong?
August 15, 2012 at 7:54 pm
(This post was last modified: August 15, 2012 at 7:59 pm by LastPoet.)
No, the hypocritical behaviour may be true, but when the argument is made to dismiss the oponents argument it remains a fallacy. e.g. I am a smoker and you are too, if you say "Smoking is bad for your health!" and I say "neener neener you smoke too", that is a tu quoque. Instead my answer would've been "Smoking is proven good because of several studies proving smoking is good <cite sources> , the fact that you smoke yourself has no bearing in the validity of my argument "
As to the post you quoted itself, context is needed.
As to the post you quoted itself, context is needed.
