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Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth
You're the logician. There's a logical fallacy in saying everyone has been accused of something therefore they're all the same, but I can't immediately identify it. A form of black and white thinking?
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I think in this case it is the black and white fallacy (false dichotomy) then producing a false equivalence. The false premise that there are only 2 options, when there are actually more, resulting in an argument where the either/or thinking produces a false equivalence at the end.
"1) Auctioneers are either innocent or guilty.
2) Mastro/REA/Goldin are guilty.
3) PWCC is guilty.
4) Therefore Mastro and PWCC are equal and the same".
But I ain't a logician, I'm just a smartass with a copy of Aristotle
