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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argument_from_fallacy -- a.k.a. "The fallacy fallacy"

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[–] chuckleslord@lemmy.world 6 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

They were unsound, due to the use of fallacy, but that doesn't mean they were untrue. Ginger might've been a cat, and Alice might've been English. The truthfulness of the argument has no bearing on the soundness of the argument (and vice versa)