Diverting the flack in a debate
Posted on 12th January, 2006 by TW
Well, quite soon after this blog comes online we are offered a wonderful example of how people can twist debates.
A common tactic when people come under criticism is to turn it round and attempt to refute the comments by making (an often personal - also called ad hominem) attack on the original.
This is flawed logic. It does in no way show the criticism to be flawed, and to an extent is a subconcious reaction to the criticism being correct.
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