Guilt by Association | Logical Fallacies

An explanation of the guilt by association fallacy, also known as the Hitler card or argumentum ad Nazium. This fallacy occurs when an idea or person is judged based on something negative associated with it. It is a mistake to form a conclusion based solely on such an association.

Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:40 Guilt by Association
2:51 Example 1 – McCarthy
4:30 Example 2 – ACLU
5:35 Example 3 – Religion
6:40 Summary

Critical thinking, logical fallacies, philosophy

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[Nazbaque]

One aspect of this type of argument that didn't really come up in the video is how it shows the ignorance of the person making the argument.

One could for example call wine evil because high ranking Nazis liked to drink it. It is obviously a bad argument against wine, but if you look at it more closely it raises the question: "Does the person making this argument even know why Nazis were bad?"