Get used to it.
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Original Question
Basically not an argument, but if you dismiss someone's point against something or grievance against it with, "well, we are going to do that so get used to it", or "that's never going to change" the "the the supreme court is packed, so it shut up about it". Those sort of comments what is that an example of?
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3Not really a fallacy IMHO, just an attempt to shut down argument.
It sounds like it might apply to what has been labeled “thought-terminating cliches”; not really examples of flawed reasoning so much as semantic stop-signs.
The "that's never going to change" is just an unsupported claim and the closest I can think relevant to that is alleged certainty .
Moreover when the other person has offered a point and we just ignore that point it is avoiding the issue . Also, the "get used to it" is usually false dilemma (something like "it's my way or the highway") - you either have to take it as it is or not take it at all, although a way of improving has been offered or a request for improvement has been submitted.
In any of these cases I guess the intention of the arguer is to silence you and avoid any further conversation but unfortunately I don't have a fancy name for that behavior.
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