Talk:Distinction without a difference
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Recommend protecting this page because it is being brigaded by users of the Reddit subreddit The_Donald (see: www.reddit.com/r/The_Donald/comments/8m2opm/wikipedia_used_an_example_of_kellyanne_conway/ ) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 107.77.209.9 (talk) 20:03, 25 May 2018 (UTC)
- I suggest we disallow any overtly political content until this has blown over. Porphyro (talk) 21:40, 25 May 2018 (UTC)
- I've now removed the Kellyanne Conway example twice; while I would tend to agree that that's a correct example, I don't think it is appropriate for inclusion. The source details only that she said it; it does not support an interpretation that she was using it as a "distinction without a difference" from "lying", and so using it as an example seems a little like OR. It is arguable that she meant "things that we consider facts, which we have an alternative source for than you seem to". In any case, I would suggest that the page avoid overtly political examples from the very recent past, but I am open to discussing it further. Porphyro (talk) 16:11, 20 June 2018 (UTC)
- Yes, the Conway example isn't strong. You have to know the political context of the post-truth administration she was the mouthpiece for, to see that she was making a new term for "lies". Without that, the words alone can be taken more innocently as you indicate, conveying an actual difference. Correctrix (talk) 00:06, 24 February 2019 (UTC)
- I've now removed the Kellyanne Conway example twice; while I would tend to agree that that's a correct example, I don't think it is appropriate for inclusion. The source details only that she said it; it does not support an interpretation that she was using it as a "distinction without a difference" from "lying", and so using it as an example seems a little like OR. It is arguable that she meant "things that we consider facts, which we have an alternative source for than you seem to". In any case, I would suggest that the page avoid overtly political examples from the very recent past, but I am open to discussing it further. Porphyro (talk) 16:11, 20 June 2018 (UTC)
need better examples.. edit
this page has some good examples. https://www.logicallyfallacious.com/logicalfallacies/Distinction-Without-a-Difference i'm not sure if its acceptable to use them here though. Gjxj (talk) 15:00, 18 July 2021 (UTC)
- I agree. After reading the example on this page, i have no idea what it means 2600:1006:B32D:ACD4:81A9:28AB:3EC:55C2 (talk) 17:43, 29 April 2024 (UTC)