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TrappedPrior (RotE)

Can this qualify as red herring?

Person 1: TikTok is a platform that mostly consists of disgusting, vile and borderline illegal content. Sure there's some funny and good content on there, but the vast majority is like the former.

Person 2: TikTok is just like any other social media platform, they have the good and the bad. Look at twitter for example, there's a lot of bad content there

asked on Wednesday, Feb 16, 2022 02:30:32 PM by TrappedPrior (RotE)

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TrappedPrior (RotE) writes:

I concur with Dr Bo's answer, but out of curiosity, what makes you think this could qualify as a red herring?

posted on Wednesday, Feb 16, 2022 05:33:53 PM

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I see nothing wrong with this exchange. Person 1 stated an opinion and person 2 stated their opinion. For this to be taken seriously as an argument, person 1 would need to provide a reason/support for the claim that "TikTok is a platform that mostly consists of disgusting, vile and borderline illegal content."

answered on Wednesday, Feb 16, 2022 02:34:02 PM by Bo Bennett, PhD

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