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Original Question

I am going to present two separate arguments here. The first one is: 


"If you voted for Donald Trump then you are an active white supremacist."


A completely different one here is:


"If you are black and voted for trump, then you are a sellout."

Answers

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This is merely an unsupported opinion, of the "armchair politician" variety.

It is not even an argument, so there is nothing fallacious about it.

I would say prove it. It is just an opinion that is usually based on biases.

These are not fallacious arguments. In fact, they're not even arguments. Just emotionally-charged statements.


A person who routinely says things like this might be displaying black-and-white thinking, a cognitive bias.

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