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# Idiot Fallacy
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{ This may have an alternative, more politically correct name, but I think my name is more appropriate. ~drummyfish }
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Idiot fallacy is an argument fallacy related to [shortcut thinking](shortcut_thinking.md), by which an idiot implies *B* from *A* on the basis that *A* is associated with *B* in any way, without *A* necessarily implying *B*.
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Some examples include:
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- "He likes guns, therefore he also likes [war](war.md), violence, hunting etc."
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- "He likes to watch gore videos, therefore he is a violent man and supports violence in real life."
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- "He opposes [bloat](bloat.md), therefore he supports the [privacy](privacy.md) and [productivity](productivity_cult.md) hysteria and his hobby must be ricing tiling window managers."
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- "He acknowledges the existence and significance of [human races](race.md), therefore he is hostile to other races and supports their genocide."
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- "He plays competitive games so he must think having society based on competition is a good idea."
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- "He was born in country X so he likes and supports country X."
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- "He dislikes/opposes a certain social group, therefore he wants to eliminate that group by any means necessary and he cannot love anyone in that group or anyone who supports that group."
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- "He opposes [capitalism](capitalism.md), therefore he supports [gay fascism](lgbt.md), [woman fascism](feminism.md) and [Marxism](marxism.md)." (this is also an [American](usa.md) [false dichotomy](false_dichotomy.md))
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- "He got an erection from seeing a 16 year old girl, therefore he is a psychopath who wants to rape toddlers and is thinking about nothing else 24/7 and the only goal of his life is to rape children."
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