Friday, April 8, 2022

Tu Quoqe anyone?

What is the Tu Quoque falacy.

This is a critical fallacy to know, among all the thinking and communicating falacies, because with the DARVO definition, it added the final part:

Putin invasions, So, let's look at Darvo, and add this to the list of traits. Tu Quoque is also a method of war, creating confusion.

because of this error in your thinking, you don't have to listen to the arguments at all.

So, let's look at Darvo, and add this to the list of traits. Tu Quoque is also a method of war, creating confusion.

This is a serious mental discounting of the issue. It muddies the water in our minds.

First, see DARVO in the set of links below.

Then, as Putin is using this now, and his ministers, how is this a mental trap as we look at the atrocities of Putin?

Tu quoque

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Tu quoque (/tjuːˈkwoʊkwi, tuːˈkwoʊkweɪ/;^[1] Latin Tū quoque, for "you also") is a discussion technique that intends to discredit the opponent's argument by attacking the opponent's own personal behavior and actions as being inconsistent with their argument, therefore accusing hypocrisy. This specious reasoning is a special type of ad hominem attack. "Whataboutism" is one particularly well known instance of this technique. The Oxford English Dictionary cites John Cooke's 1614 stage play The Cittie Gallant as the earliest use of the term in the English language.^[1]