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Voltaire2

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11. That's an equivocation fallacy, at best.

Reply to applegrove (Reply #2)

Thu Dec 26, 2019, 08:16 AM

Dec 2019

1. a traditional story, especially one concerning the early history of a people or explaining some natural or social phenomenon, and typically involving supernatural events.

2.a widely held but false belief or idea.

If liberal democracies are a myth, which is debatable, they are using the 2nd definition. The virgin birth nonsense is a myth using the 1st definition. Equating them is a fallacy.

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A little holiday confusion... [View all] defacto7 Dec 2019 OP

All of the above - covering my bases. alittlelark Dec 2019 #1

You know that liberal democracies are a myth too. Myth is a human way to be. applegrove Dec 2019 #2

Yeah, but wouldn't it be nice to organize around science, defacto7 Dec 2019 #6

Yes, that is the hope of all of us here at the DU and beyond. applegrove Dec 2019 #8

That's an equivocation fallacy, at best. Voltaire2 Dec 2019 #11

one more dweller Dec 2019 #3

Wow, now I'm really confused... defacto7 Dec 2019 #4

Argh shadowmayor Dec 2019 #5

hard to believe anyone believes in "virgin birth" Skittles Dec 2019 #7

I don't see why it's interesting defacto7 Dec 2019 #9

it is just plain misogyny Skittles Dec 2019 #10

Agreed defacto7 Dec 2019 #12