Along with every single thing a Republican has ever accused anyone else of doing. It is simple projection, they want to be able to to do it themselves.
If my anecdotal experiences with so many conservatives is any indication, they love to fall back on the argumentum ad baculum logical fallacy when it really comes down to it.
I honestly think that Rush Limbaugh got all his dumbfuck dittoheads talking about the ad hominem thing so they’d overlook just how often they like to fall back on logical fallacies of all kinds. That and maybe a preemptive strike over the inevitable fat jokes.
But seriously, I grew up surrounded by many, many angry rednecks who’d usually fall back on “I’m right, and I’ll beat you up if you don’t agree”.
Pedonald is doing a version of this at the national scale - “agree with me/praise me or shut up”.
Along with every single thing a Republican has ever accused anyone else of doing. It is simple projection, they want to be able to to do it themselves.
If my anecdotal experiences with so many conservatives is any indication, they love to fall back on the argumentum ad baculum logical fallacy when it really comes down to it.
I honestly think that Rush Limbaugh got all his dumbfuck dittoheads talking about the ad hominem thing so they’d overlook just how often they like to fall back on logical fallacies of all kinds. That and maybe a preemptive strike over the inevitable fat jokes.
But seriously, I grew up surrounded by many, many angry rednecks who’d usually fall back on “I’m right, and I’ll beat you up if you don’t agree”.
Pedonald is doing a version of this at the national scale - “agree with me/praise me or shut up”.