Idiot Fallacy

   { This may have an alternative, more politically correct name, but I think
   my name is more appropriate. ~drummyfish }

   Idiot fallacy is an argument fallacy related to [1]shortcut thinking, by
   which an idiot implies B from A on the basis that A is associated with B
   in any way, without A necessarily implying B; e.g. "[2]racial realism
   always means hate of other races". However do not confuse idiot fallacy
   with statistical observations (e.g. observing that women are usually bad
   at [3]chess while acknowledging that on rare occasions it may not be so)
   -- idiot fallacy denotes a false belief in logical implication, i.e. that
   for example hatred of another group of people (e.g. racial) is an
   inevitable consequence of existence of such groups -- in a way this
   fallacy is a failure to separate two similar but essentially distinct
   things and making fatal simplifications such as "cars = driving", "guns =
   war", "[4]gay = [5]LGBT" and so on.

   Some examples include:

     * "He likes guns, therefore he also likes [6]war, violence, hunting
       etc."
     * "He likes to watch gore videos, therefore he is a violent man and
       supports violence in real life."
     * "He opposes bullying of [7]pedophiles, therefore he is a pedophile."
       -- This reasoning is guaranteed to be made by every single [8]American
       as Americans cannot comprehend any other motive than [9]self interest,
       to them it's physically impossible to try to benefit a group one is
       not part of.
     * "He opposes [10]bloat, therefore he supports the [11]privacy and
       [12]productivity hysteria and his hobby must be ricing tiling window
       managers."
     * "He acknowledges the existence and significance of [13]human races,
       therefore he is hostile to other races and supports their genocide."
     * "He plays competitive games so he must think having society based on
       competition is a good idea."
     * "He was born in country X so he likes and supports country X."
     * "He dislikes/opposes a certain social group, therefore he wants to
       eliminate that group by any means necessary and he cannot love anyone
       in that group or anyone who supports that group."
     * "He opposes [14]capitalism, therefore he supports [15]gay fascism,
       [16]woman fascism and [17]Marxism." (this is also an [18]American
       [19]false dichotomy)
     * "He got an erection from seeing a 16 year old girl, therefore he is a
       psychopath who wants to rape toddlers and is thinking about nothing
       else 24/7 and the only goal of his life is to rape children."
     * ...

Links:
1. shortcut_thinking.md
2. race.md
3. chess.md
4. gay.md
5. lgbt.md
6. war.md
7. pedophilia.md
8. USA.md
9. self_interest.md
10. bloat.md
11. privacy.md
12. productivity_cult.md
13. race.md
14. capitalism.md
15. lgbt.md
16. feminism.md
17. marxism.md
18. usa.md
19. false_dichotomy.md