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by lordbusiness 4137 days ago
The parent makes a solid point, and you're employing this logical fallacy, which is why I am down voting you.:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appeal_to_ridicule

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Say what's wrong, but don't call it "that fallacy". Those "appeals to fallacies" are really what destroys useful Internet discussions.
Ridicule is not what he's appealing to, rather, the basic evidential principle that absence of evidence is evidence of absence.