False equivalence
logical fallacy of inconsistency
False equivalence is a logical fallacy in which an equivalence is drawn between two subjects based on flawed or false reasoning. This fallacy is categorized as a fallacy of inconsistency.
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Quotes
edit- There could not be a more grisly method, even when it involves no violence, to cover up ghastly crimes committed by a people than to indulge in the fallacy of false equivalence. In this fallacy, two incomparable things are compared and declared to be equal because there are always two sides to the story.
- Nissim Mannathukkaren, The Barbarity of False Equivalence, 8 March 2020, The Wire
- Moral culpability is denied through false equivalence.
- Nissim Mannathukkaren, The Barbarity of False Equivalence, 8 March 2020, The Wire
