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I will gladly send you my banking details
Sarcasm is last refuge of the wittless .
That is an appeal to authority, but not a fallacious one. Lawmakers know a lot about how and why people steal. Fallacious appeal to authority is when the authority you’re talking about has no knowledge of the topic, for example quoting a psychologist on nutrition advice.
Appeal to authority isn’t saying something about the quality of the authority, it’s that the quality of the authority has to be considered. There’s a bit of nuance between the two there.
Basically “because they’re in charge/an expert” isn’t a satisfactory answer on its own anymore than “because I said so” is. The context of their leadership/expertise has to be considered before you make the appeal.
This matters when we enter cultural moments like now where, for instance, a large search of Americans just by default refuse to accept the CDC/FDA/etc. as legitimate authorities. Their politicians told them they can’t be trusted so they internalize appeals to them as built on a lie.
In a way, “because I say so” is appeal to (my) authority
Good point!
Which has to be respected, of course.
Nah.
Yes Cartman!
Lawmakers don’t know shit about fuck. Sometimes they have experts available they listen to. Otherwise it’s whoever spends the most, who they’re buddies with, or what just feels like it will jive with their base at the time.
Lawmakers, or at least those advising them, know plenty about theft and all its different flavors. Why do you think rich people theft like fraud is punished so much more lightly than poor people theft?
ad hominem
Fallacy fallacy.
Sometimes a person is insufferable and that’s the problem.
Like with lawmakers.
motte and bailey
It’s also not whataboutism…
@WHATABOUTISM_DETECTOR@hexbear.net
Wait nevermind we are on .world
I haven’t seen that much pride in a fallacy since last time I went to church!
oh no. I’ve been on the left-hand side of this before. I knew what I was doing.
Fallacy fallacy
That’s almost what those words mean
actually funny meme
“Nunya.”
Sure, my account number is 1 2 3 4 5
What’s your lemmy password?
hunter2
Why did you just post a bunch of asterisks?
It’s 942822688476
The best answer to that question avoids all fallacies.
“No”
Appeal to logic
So not a fallacy?
I think gigachad could argue that it’s Invincible Ignorance.
That sounds like admitting defeat “you don’t care about any arguments I could make”
Slippery slope, if its no all the time you’ll encounter a situation when yes is a critical answer.
That’s a single authority falacy, in this case there is only one opinion, the person who’s protecting their financial information, to promote the idea of not looking into someone’s bank account. When there could be a legitimate reason to look into a person’s finances.
In all seriousness in so far as the meme is presenting itself single authority is prudent. Like what if every decision about yourself everyone was always a stakeholder? That would be hell.
Well, they’re a credit union and have branches in quite a few places. Not too certain about their corporate structure, but I’m reasonably sure it’s within nominal terms for a CU. They have what I would consider to be competitive rates for lending, credit, and savings, generally better than what you’d find at a commercial bank. They also have money market and investment options, too. Their customer service is par excellence, and I’m quite satisfied with them.
Why did you post a screenshot of every argument I’ve ever been on on this platform?
lol, fallacy fallacy
