Appeal to identity
An appeal to identity asserts that the soundness of an argument stands or falls based on the identity of the arguer. In particular, this identity is often a racial, gender, or sexual identity.
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In this sense, the appeal to identity is closely related to the genetic fallacy, poisoning the well, tokenism and the ad hominem fallacy.
On the left
- Some identity politics
- Critical race theory
- Possibly mansplaining
- Prejudice plus power
- Radical lesbian separatism
- Cranky gender essentialism
- TERFs
- Gendercide
On the right
In conspiracy land
gollark: This is with *hypo*beeologistics.
gollark: The original is this, but I subjected it to hyperbeeologistics.
gollark: Descent into the apiohyperdomain.
gollark: I haven't changed it before and I'm not changing it now.
gollark: I see.
See also
- Bulverism — the original example given was a case of this argument as well
- Friend argument
- Nationalism
External links
- Appeal to Identity, Journey to the Unknown
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