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0 pointsstrictnein8y ago0 comments

> tu quoque

No, this is not that. The "tu quoque" logical fallacy follows this pattern (from Wikipedia):

   Person A makes claim X.
   Person B asserts that A's actions or past claims are inconsistent with the truth of claim X.
   Therefore X is false.[2]

They are not saying their claim is false. They're saying that if they care so much, why are they subjecting their users to tracking that they are unable to opt out of?

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jdmichal8y ago

I've struggled with this before on this site. People love to pull out fallacies. But they forget that fallacies are only fallacies if they are used as a counterargument. And even when they are used in such a way, the other side then has to deal with fallacy fallacy. You can't immediately discredit an argument just because it contains a fallacy.

mel9198y ago

It wasn't stated explicitly. The assumption that I made was it related to the discussion about validity of the topic. Assumptions can be misleading but human language operates in a context. Formally, should the context be taken out, to operate only on the words of the post - you're right - it is not "tu quoque".

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