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by zorbo 4267 days ago
No, I wouldn't have. I ignore his claim that all arguments against him are True Scotsman Fallacies. I don't ignore the actual arguments against him, nor the one he makes. Any of those arguments may or may not be fallacious themselves, but that has no bearing on me ignoring his claim that they all are.
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What I'm saying is that if all the arguments against him were True Scotsman Fallacies, then it would be fallacious to ignore him based on a mistaken understanding that he is arguing based on a Fallacy fallacy. And as we all know, no true logician would make such a mistake.
I think you misunderstand me, or I you. I'm not ignoring him. The only part I'm ignoring is his claim that all counter-arguments made against him are True Scotsman Fallacies. And I was right to do so, since apparently later in the article he revealed it as a joke.
I suspect you're all about to disappear up your reducto-ad-absurdum