CoWorker said the border was at fault that non-vaxed ppl are dying

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Originally Posted by Ooloo [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

No that's not what that is. An appeal to hypocrisy suggests that an argument is wrong because the person saying it is hypocritical. It doesn't say anything about the actual validity of either side.

If a murderer says "murder is wrong", and then you go "nuh uh appeal to hypocrisy!" what have you actually proven?

is an informal fallacy that tries to discredit the validity of the opponent's argument by asserting the opponent's failure to act consistently with its conclusion