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    Logical Fallacies: Got any?

    Heres one. What do you call this one?

    Fact: An elephant has many parts
    Statement: An elephant has a large trunk
    Silly Criticizer: You must believe he doesn't have a tail!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jonathan david View Post
    Heres one. What do you call this one?

    Fact: An elephant has many parts
    Statement: An elephant has a large trunk
    Silly Criticizer: You must believe he doesn't have a tail!
    The elephant in the room will remain until it poops.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jonathan david View Post
    Heres one. What do you call this one?

    Fact: An elephant has many parts
    Statement: An elephant has a large trunk
    Silly Criticizer: You must believe he doesn't have a tail!
    Why do you hate elephants so much?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jonathan david View Post
    Heres one. What do you call this one?

    Fact: An elephant has many parts
    Statement: An elephant has a large trunk
    Silly Criticizer: You must believe he doesn't have a tail!
    Appropriate reply : I don't believe in Silly Criticizer's existence. The post must amount to a bug in the forum script.

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    Joking aside, here's how I would state the fallacy I am talking about, since nobody is responding. Maybe there is a better stated formal fallacy on this, and would like to hear it.

    PRESUMPTIVE FALLACIES
    - Narrow Scope of Belief: the presumption that a statement a person makes about one aspect of their belief or understanding is the only aspect of that topic that the person believes in.

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