Your weekly logical fallacy: genetic

It's genetic do do do do dododo... no wait that was "electric". Whoopsie! Sorry being nerdy and using musical references are just in my genes and from where I come from. No wait that can't be right. Let's get into this weeks fallacy: the genetic fallacy

You judged something as either good or bad on the basis of where it comes from, or from whom it came.

This fallacy avoids the argument by shifting focus onto something's or someone's origins. It's similar to an ad hominem fallacy in that it leverages existing negative perceptions to make someone's argument look bad, without actually presenting a case for why the argument itself lacks merit.

Example: James finally got the courage to come out to his friends that he is a nudist. They didn't believe him. They all assumed that nudists come from Florida because it was so warm and there are some famous nudist resorts there. James said that there was a good sized community up in his home of Canada to which Jame's friends laughed in his face. Moral of the story, Jame's friends are not good friends!

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