There's a fallacy named after this. Ad Misericordiam. Appeal to Pity. Never mind whether or not it really happened. "X is horrible! How dare you ask if X really happened." It was used a lot about deaths attributed to Covid during the Lockdown.
There's a fallacy named after this. Ad Misericordiam. Appeal to Pity. Never mind whether or not it really happened. "X is horrible! How dare you ask if X really happened." It was used a lot about deaths attributed to Covid during the Lockdown.
There's a fallacy named after this. Ad Misericordiam. Appeal to Pity. Never mind whether or not it really happened. "X is horrible! How dare you ask if X really happened." It was used a lot about deaths attributed to Covid during the Lockdown.
I didn't know the term Ad Misericordiam. Amazing, really, when this fallacy is so commonly used these days! Thanks for the explanation.