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Jason Mathias

Whats this logical form called?

X is the enemy. 

X says Y is true. 

Therefore, the opposite of Y must be the real truth. 

A real world example would be: "Facebook fact checked me, then censored me as being extremist content, therefore what I posted must be the real truth they don't want us to know about. 

asked on Sunday, Oct 24, 2021 05:02:47 PM by Jason Mathias

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Shawn
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This is a Non-Sequitur for sure, as well as a fallacy of opposition.
answered on Monday, Oct 25, 2021 07:36:20 AM by Shawn

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Kostas Oikonomou
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fallacy of opposition
answered on Monday, Oct 25, 2021 06:55:20 AM by Kostas Oikonomou

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TrappedPrior (RotE)
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X is the enemy. 

X says Y is true. 

Therefore, the opposite of Y must be the real truth.

In other words:

P1) Person A says X is true

P2) If Person A says X is true, then it is not

C) X is not true

This is a formally valid syllogism, but an unsound form of reasoning - it is a genetic fallacy. Your example follows this logic - because of the origin of the claim (the "enemy"), it is rejected.

Facebook fact checked me, then censored me as being extremist content, therefore what I posted must be the real truth they don't want us to know about. 

This actually seems a bit different. It's still a fallacy though - the appeal to censorship. "I was censored, therefore I am right." It's a non sequitur.
answered on Sunday, Oct 24, 2021 09:02:17 PM by TrappedPrior (RotE)

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Jason Mathias writes:

Yes, I was thinking of the genetic fallacy, but claiming truth by opposites, and them making a truth claim based off the fact that they were fact checked by the opposition threw me off. 

posted on Monday, Oct 25, 2021 10:40:41 AM