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The Tu Quoque Fallacy is All the Party of Trump Has Left

A reader writes regarding Fr. West’s calumny: All due respect, sir, but do you not commit the same error as he does by saying that your accuser supports Planned Parenthood, torture, abortion, etc. bec... read more

Donald Trump Jr. blasts PETA over mock Halloween costume

Tu quoque, replied Mr. Trump. “Ironically, there are few orgs in world history that have as much animal blood on their hands as PETA. You hypocrites are literally an animal slaughter factory,” Mr. Tru... read more

The Myth of Sex, Drugs and Rock 'n' Roll is Not an Excuse For Being A Terrible Person

To simply shift blame is a tu quoque fallacy. This isn’t about excusing the past wrongdoings of musicians in the heyday of rock ’n’ roll and now proclaiming that times have changed. It was immoral and ... read more

Against the Ideal of a ‘Melting Pot’

It speaks well for German- American innocence of heart or else for its lack of imagination that it has not turned the hyphen stigma into a ‘Tu quoque!’ If there were to be any hyphens scattered about, ... read more

Why do some people engage in "whataboutism" in religion?

The tactic behind whataboutism has been around for a long time. Rhetoricians generally consider it to be a form of tu quoque, which means "you too" in Latin and involves charging your accuser with wha... read more

Tu Quoque: Why Dems Would Rather Talk About The Teabaggers Than Themselves

If you don’t like those, you must be stupid or something. My favorite, however, would have to be the tu quoque fallacy: redirecting an attack by appealing to the hypocrisy of the attacker. It’s what w... read more

Newsweek: How can Trump scold Iran for blocking social media sites when he blocks people on Twitter?

But the right thing is the right thing. And yet the hot takes must be written and the cheap “tu quoque” clicks notched. Most NeverTrumpers agree with me on this too, I think. Bret Stephens wrote a col... read more

Reader's View: 2nd Amendment allows sensible rules

Texting while driving is an issue; however, it is an issue unrelated to student protests about gun violence. That is a tu quoque fallacy; however, rather than provide a gloss on the basics of logic an... read more

How the Latest Obama Scandals Robbed Liberal Media of Their Favorite Defense

You can’t criticize what Obama & Co. did here because BUSH did the same thing!” This logic error is called ‘tu quoque’ or the ‘you too!’ dodge. It’s an attempt to minimize or downplay the behavior by ... read more

Tu Quoque

In one of Christ most quoted statements (quoted, but also very much misunderstood), Christ warns people of excessive judging: the measure by which they judge others will become the foundation for how ... read more

Andrew Coyne: Trump doesn’t deserve civility, but it’s the best weapon against him

All in all it’s been a fine season for the tu quoque. As America’s nervous breakdown continues apace, there has been a sudden outbreak of concern for the decline in civility, particularly among suppor... read more