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Fortinbras Armstrong

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Thu Dec 19, 2013, 12:18 PM Dec 2013

I need a name for a logical fallacy [View all]

The fallacy is because Person <X> agrees with Person <Y> on Subject <A>, they must also agree on Subject <B>.

I came across this one in a discussion with a libertarian, when I told him that the first socialized medicine program was instituted by Otto von Bismarck, in part because he agreed with the Socialists that socialized medicine would be good for Germany. The libertarian then said that Bismarck must have been a socialist.

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I need a name for a logical fallacy [View all] Fortinbras Armstrong Dec 2013 OP
This link might help Galileo126 Dec 2013 #1
I looked there, thanks Fortinbras Armstrong Dec 2013 #3
Sounds like Affirming the consequent rrneck Dec 2013 #2
Bismark was a political realist. He needed a pressure relief valve kairos12 May 2014 #4
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