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Ad hominem tu quoque, literally, "at the person, you too," is a logical fallacy that could be called the "hypocracy" argument. It is occurs when a claim is dismissed as false either because it is inconsistent with something else the claimant has said or beause what the person says is inconsistent with her actions.
Ad hominem tu quoque, literally, "at the person, you too," is a logical fallacy that could be called the "hypocrisy" argument. It occurs when a claim is dismissed either because it is inconsistent with other claims which the claimant is making or because what it is inconsistent with the claimant's actions.

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An example would be the dismissal of a set of religious precepts because the actions of a single person professing to believe that religion do not comply with those precepts.
An example would be the dismissal of a set of religious precepts because the actions of a person who professes that religion, does not comply with those precepts.

Ad hominem tu quoque, literally, "at the person, you too," is a logical fallacy that could be called the "hypocrisy" argument. It occurs when a claim is dismissed either because it is inconsistent with other claims which the claimant is making or because what it is inconsistent with the claimant's actions.

An example would be the dismissal of a set of religious precepts because the actions of a person who professes that religion, does not comply with those precepts.


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