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The Monster Tu Quoque Stalks the Land

I don’t know of any parents that ever let that argument pass. If it was stolen cookies and “but Bart did it too!” was raised in Defense in Family Court, the answer was, invariably and universally (wit... read more

Political Discourse, the Argumentum ad Misericordiam, and the Tu Quoque Fallacy

It is not a novel insight that the most recent inauguration has been contentious, nor is it a novel insight that political discourse has been so acrimonious that it is less a true discourse and more a... read more

How logical fallacies are used to sell stuff to you

So for example, if a fat person were to say “exercise is good for health and controls weight”, a tu quoque fallacy would be to respond to that by saying, “Well you’re fat, so you are a hypocrite and s... 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

Logical Fallacies and the Art of Debate

Tu quoque ("you too"). This is the fallacy of defending an error in one's reasoning by pointing out that one's opponent has made the same error. An error is still an error, regardless of how many peop... read more

Tu quoque is not a eurozone crisis solution

Confidence-building with Wolfgang Schaeuble (via Reuters): One should differentiate here. We’ve got debt problems some individual countries, not only in the euro zone. The United States have higher de... read more

I know you are, but what am I?: Medical Voices’ woo-ful anti-vaccine whine

That’s basically the child’s version of a familiar logical fallacy known as the tu quoque, which basically means, “You, too!” It’s a very simple and simplistic logical fallacy that tries to argue that ... read more

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

What Africa Can Teach the North

How deep can faith be if African Christians are killing each other? One is tempted to respond with a tu quoque: The North has seen more than its share of Christians killing Christians. Can anyone say ... 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

Garry Wills: ‘The Religion of the Qur’an Is a Religion of Peace’

114) -- but he nonetheless concludes, after ten pages of tu quoque arguments and other legerdemain, that “the Qur’an is fraternal in its treatment of other faiths” (p. 124). Wills never mentions Qur’a... read more

Unpacking the MSM Talking Points on Perry

It's not complicated. The media's now-routine use of Straw Man, Non Sequitur, Ad Hominem and Tu Quoque have been trotted out again like old toy soldiers. Below the orange squiggle are facts and an opi... read more