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In reply to the discussion: Why are the Russian troops in Crimea without ensignia or otherwise identifying markings? [View all]stevenleser
(32,886 posts)I would have thought someone who accused me of using a logical fallacy wouldn't then follow up shortly thereafter with using one of their own, to wit:
http://www.nizkor.org/features/fallacies/guilt-by-association.html
Fallacy: Guilt By Association
Also Known as: Bad Company Fallacy, Company that You Keep Fallacy
Description of Guilt By Association
Guilt by Association is a fallacy in which a person rejects a claim simply because it is pointed out that people she dislikes accept the claim. This sort of "reasoning" has the following form:
It is pointed out that people person A does not like accept claim P.
Therefore P is false
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If you are asking my opinion on the Georgia incursion, my opinion was that Georgia started that war. So, you were wrong about my opinion there too. Next?