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  • It just dawned on me that it would be clearer to state that a fallacy is an occurrence of irrational reasoning, whereas "The Devil You Know", a pervasive and persistent irrational conclusion in explanation and narrative is a disposition. To be clearer on the last claim is to have some familiarity with the metaphysical notion of dispositions (SEP).
    – J D
    Commented Oct 1, 2023 at 14:46
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    This answer seems to go very off track, becoming more about arguing that a particular example is illogical. It come across like it is more about proving that a particular claimed "social justice warrior" belief is illogical rather than addressing the question asked. There is even a debate if that term even describes a legitimate concept, rather than being a nebulous pejorative. An example with so many complications that could generate disagreement is not a good example.
    – trlkly
    Commented Oct 2, 2023 at 19:50
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    @josephh "Referring to someone in these, albeit pejorative, terms is identical to claiming that the person has an unreasonable and fallacious worldview." That's exactly the problem. Making a contentious claim like that does not belong in an Answer. Examples of fallacies should be obviously incorrect, not something that can and would be argued against by a significant portion of people. I was highly tempted to start refuting claims myself. That's no good for an example. It reads like a conservative wanting to shoehorn an attack on SJWs, despite it having nothing to do with the question.
    – trlkly
    Commented Oct 3, 2023 at 3:22
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    @josephh I of course presume that this is not the intent. They weren't trying to push a point of view, but just considered it obvious, and thought it was something readers would agree with. But that is due to my principle of assuming good faith. The inclusion of that as their chosen main example seems bizarre. Though I would also argue that a pejorative is not equivalent to a claim, as a pejorative also implies an attempt to use an emotion-based argument as well.
    – trlkly
    Commented Oct 3, 2023 at 3:23
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    @JD Your personal political beliefs have nothing to do with actually answering the question asked. That's the point. This is not the place for you to be arguing that a group you politically oppose are being illogical. I get that you believe this, but not every reader will, and thus that makes for a bad example. You are instead inviting political argument, inviting people to tell you why they believe your logic is incorrect. Heck, your response to me is political argument.
    – trlkly
    Commented Oct 3, 2023 at 20:08