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MineralMan

(148,161 posts) Tue Oct 16, 2018, 11:15 AM Oct 2018

A simple guide to "Tu Quoque" [View all]

This often-used logical error is commonly seen in discussions about religion. One person will say something critical about some religious group or principal. Then, rather that respond with a logical rebuttal, another person will say, "But you said...." And so the spirit of "tu quoque" is carried on apace.

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A simple guide to "Tu Quoque" [View all] MineralMan Oct 2018 OP

Yeah, but what about those Atheists in Boston who pushed an old lady down the stairs... Act_of_Reparation Oct 2018 #1

I'll see your Boston atheist and raise you one Pennsylvania pedophilic priest. MineralMan Oct 2018 #2

See? Both sides are the same! trotsky Oct 2018 #3

Knock off the kibitzing, OK? You want dealt in for the next hand? MineralMan Oct 2018 #4

You know who else likes dealing hands? Act_of_Reparation Oct 2018 #6

To be fair, the Boston Atheists did something much worse Mariana Oct 2018 #5

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