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What kind of fallacy is this?

A: Every Englishman is gentle.
B: Then, what about Mr. Bean? He is an Englishman.
A: He is technically NOT an Englishman I mean.

A: Every man loves woman.
B: What about gay people?
A: They are NOT a man!!

A: Every individual's economical behavior is rational.
B: But there are some irrational behaviors too.
A: Then those are not economical behaviors.

Can someone help me figure out what kind of fallacy is this?
asked on Wednesday, Oct 31, 2018 11:49:49 PM by

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Abdulazeez
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the closest fallacy I can think of that matches those examples the best is the no true scotsman fallacy.
https://www.logicallyfallacious.com/tools/lp/Bo/LogicalFallacies/135/No-True-Scotsman
answered on Thursday, Nov 01, 2018 01:11:10 AM by Abdulazeez

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Jim
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I agree. That looks exactly like the "No True Scotsman" fallacy.
answered on Thursday, Nov 01, 2018 08:38:07 AM by Jim

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Jim Cliff
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Definitely No True Scotsman. Also, what have you got against Mr Bean?
answered on Thursday, Nov 01, 2018 11:07:41 AM by Jim Cliff

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