Argumentative Fallacies; the false equivalence

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<header style="color: rgb(56, 56, 56); font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif;">[h=1]False Equivalence[/h]</header>Description: An argument or claim in which two completely opposing arguments appear to be logically equivalent when in fact they are not. The confusion is often due to one shared characteristic between two or more items of comparison in the argument that is way off in the order of magnitude, oversimplified, or just that important additional factors have been ignored.
 

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<article id="post-6972" class="post-6972 page type-page status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: "Libre Franklin", "Helvetica Neue", helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Description of false equivalence

False equivalence is a logical fallacy where there appears to be a logical equivalence (usually in quantity and quality of evidence) between two opposing arguments, but when in fact there is one side has substantially higher quality and quantity of evidence. However, there is no equivalence between the two sides of a “debate” when one is supported by evidence, and the other side has no evidence, or evidence of low quality.
The logical fallacy not only inflates evidence to support a false assertion but also depreciates the evidence on the other side, both in an attempt to make it appear that the arguments are roughly equivalent. In other words, in false equivalence, someone will state that the opposing arguments have a passing similarity in support, when, on close examination, there is large difference between the quality of evidence.

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So that’s what a few posters are doing around here :ohno:

I planned on expanding my argumentative fallacy points, but I'm being distracted by work and shit
 

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