• Digit@lemmy.wtf
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    24 hours ago

    Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence. See the logical fallacy made there? Bounding from one rhetorical device to another. Understandably coming from a frustrated place, especially aggravated when the rhetorical hook didn’t catch something.

    Also, if one knew even a little of what Doc referenced, you’d then also see they were not coming from a place of ignorance on the matter, and has a much better grasp on the point they’ve made, which is broader than the little trap you thought you’d set up to prove your false dichotomy, answering your question. Even just a couple minutes websearch the name…

    Malatesta has good works on this subject.