From: Harvey Newstrom (mail@HarveyNewstrom.com)
Date: Fri Apr 12 2002 - 00:02:13 MDT
On Thursday, April 11, 2002, at 04:36 pm, Loree Thomas wrote:
>
> --- Mike Lorrey <mlorrey@datamann.com> wrote:
>>
>> I found Loree's response rather interesting, though,
>> that even if a
>> person has valid arguments and facts for their
>> opinions, they are still
>> automatically wrong because their conclusions
>> resemble those of racists
>> of the past.
>
> That is a mistatement of what I said.
>
> They are racist because they choose to place heavy
> emphasis on race.
In other words, even if they prove their theories right, they are still
racists. Even if racist theories are proven correct, they would still
be called racist theories.
Many people make this logical fallacy:
1. Belief in idea "A" is "racist"
2. "Racist" ideas are "wrong"
3. Idea "B" is not "wrong"
4. Therefore, idea "B" is not "racist"
This is faulty logic. The conclusion is not supportable by logic.
Truth is not a defence to point 1. Truth would be a defense of point
2. That is, racists can argue that racism is correct. It is silly to
argue that they aren't racist. That would be like Darwin arguing that
evolution is really religion because its "right."
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