fallacy regarding hypocrisy From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The pot calling the kettle black is an informal fallacy also called Tu quoque.[1] Another name is appeal to hypocrisy.
It happens when a person is guilty of the very thing of which they accuse another.[2]
“ | "Oho!" said the pot to the kettle; "You are dirty and ugly and black! Sure no one would think you were metal, Except when you're given a crack". "Not so! not so!" kettle said to the pot; |
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A fable, perhaps by Aesop, has a mother crab and its young, where the mother tells the child to walk straight, and is asked in return to demonstrate how that is done.[4]
A present-day example:
It is a fallacy because a person's actions or character do not affect the logic of the argument.
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