Feel this is a good accompanying piece for all the folk insisting on caping for a Blackwater merc wth a nazi tattoo because he said something they liked.

        • FauxLiving@lemmy.world
          85·
          18 hours ago

          Nazi’s use this tattoo, He uses this tattoo, Therefore he is a Nazi.

          A plane is a thing that flies, A bird is a thing that flies, Therefore a bird is a plane.

          I know it’s a meme to call OP an idiot, but you’re employing a fallacy that would get you laughed out of even a highschool classroom.

          https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Association_fallacy

          Some syllogistic examples of guilt by association:

          • John is a Con artist Nazi. John has black hair a tattoo. Therefore, people with black hair a tattoo are necessarily Con artists nazis.
          • Lyle is a crooked salesman. Lyle proposes a monorail. Therefore, the proposed monorail is necessarily a folly.
          • Country X is a dangerous country. Country X has a national postal service. Therefore, countries with national postal services are necessarily dangerous.
          • Simon and Karl live in Nashville, and they are both petty criminals. Jill lives in Nashville; therefore, Jill is necessarily a petty criminal.

          Guilt by association can sometimes also be a type of ad hominem, if the argument attacks a person because of the similarity between the views of someone making an argument and other proponents of the argument.

          • NuXCOM_90Percent@lemmy.zipOP
            98·
            18 hours ago

            Got it. He just likes the aesthetics of the SS. Just like musk just likes to stretch his arm in a “roman salute”. And trump just liked the cheese plates that epstein had everywhere he went.

            And… you using high schoolers as your example of great thinkers is just so on the nose that I can’t even think of a good joke. I mostly just feel bad for you.