Association Fallacy: Difference between revisions

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* Sweeping Generalization

:: Guilt By Association assumes that two separate things share a negative factor because they share a different, unrelated factor. (See also [[Stop Being Stereotypical]], [[Don't Shoot the Message]])

Guilt By Association assumes that two separate things share a negative factor because they share a different, unrelated factor. (See also [[Stop Being Stereotypical]], [[Don't Shoot the Message]])

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Because Jesus is Good, Jesus only does and associates with Good things (again, [[Rule of Cautious Editing Judgment|there are flaws in the logic best left alone]])

Ergo, because alcohol is Bad, Jesus never partook of it. }}

In order to make this work, any time wine is referenced in a positive context (for example, Jesus' first miracle), the word is instead rendered as "unfermented grape juice" when translated into English.

::In order to make this work, any time wine is referenced in a positive context (for example, Jesus' first miracle), the word is instead rendered as "unfermented grape juice" when translated into English.

* ''[[Squid Girl]]'' has Cindy Campbell show off this fallacy in her first appearance: Squid Girl has tentacles; some aliens that Cindy has heard of have tentacles; therefore, Squid Girl is an alien. (Cindy also mentions that she graduated at the top of her class at MIT, but that's [[Appeal to Authority|a different logical fallacy]] in play.)