(March 31, 2014 at 5:35 pm)Thunder Cunt Wrote: Planned Parenthood has a long and well-documented history of racism beginning with its founder, Margaret Sanger,
Are you familiar with the logical fallacy, "Poisoning the Well"
This logical fallacy is where you attempt to discredit a larger organization or idea by the character assassination of an advocate rather than discussing the organization or idea itself. The allegations against the advocate may or may not be true but the tactic is a fallacy either way (and if consciously invented, a dishonest debate tactic).
Creationists use this tactic with evolution, saying "Darwin was a racist".
This charge isn't true in the case of Darwin but even if it WERE true, it has nothing to do with whether or not evolution offers us a good understanding of the diversity of life. Talking about Darwin's alleged racism rather than the merits of evolutionary science is changing the subject (red herring fallacy) as well as implying that because Darwin was racist (he wasn't but let that go) that means that evolution must also be racist (association fallacy).
"Poisoning the Well" is like the ad hominem, red herring and association fallacy rolled into one.
Now your charges about the founder of Planned Parenthood may be true. Let's say they are. Heck, let's say she personally was involved in Nazi concentration camps and personally murdered millions of people. So what? What does this have to do with Planned Parenthood, never mind the larger issue of a woman's right to choice?
More on Poisoning the Well Fallacy here.
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"The trinity can be equated to having your cake and eating it too."
... -Lucent, trying to defend the Trinity concept
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"The trinity can be equated to having your cake and eating it too."
... -Lucent, trying to defend the Trinity concept
"(Yahweh's) actions are good because (Yahweh) is the ultimate standard of goodness. That’s not begging the question"
... -Statler Waldorf, Christian apologist