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tptacek
2965 days ago
That's in fact not an instance of the tu quoque fallacy.
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headsoup
2965 days ago
It is. You're implying that the other commenter's post is invalid as 'blind opposition' because 'their side' of the argument behaves the same.
* Edit on below: On re-reading you're correct, you were categorising their comment. My apologies!
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tptacek
2964 days ago
No. Tu quoque is an appeal to hypocrisy. Pointing out that other concerns with big industry have been misleading, as with Seralini's apparently fraudulent glyphosate study, is an appeal to credibility.
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* Edit on below: On re-reading you're correct, you were categorising their comment. My apologies!