Regardless of what’s being defended, this is a “poisoning the well” fallacy, and should be avoided as a rhetorical tactic. This particular example serves no purpose than the stroke the ego and sense of moral superiority of those on one side, and alienate those on the other, and create a divisive binary where there isn’t one, and shouldn’t be one.
Suppose someone argues that the solution is making sure no historical figures are diminished due to their race, not just during a certain month, but always, and therefore doesn’t believe that focusing on a single race for an arbitrary amount of time is productive. Well, OP would dump them squarely into the ‘enslavers and segregationists’ camp, where they obviously do not belong.
I’m reminded of my gay friends who hate many modern pride events because they feel they do the opposite of normalizing homosexuality in focusing on garish oversexualized public displays. They’d be called homophobes by the equivalent of the OP–isn’t that a bit ridiculous?
Regardless of what’s being defended, this is a “poisoning the well” fallacy, and should be avoided as a rhetorical tactic. This particular example serves no purpose than the stroke the ego and sense of moral superiority of those on one side, and alienate those on the other, and create a divisive binary where there isn’t one, and shouldn’t be one.
Suppose someone argues that the solution is making sure no historical figures are diminished due to their race, not just during a certain month, but always, and therefore doesn’t believe that focusing on a single race for an arbitrary amount of time is productive. Well, OP would dump them squarely into the ‘enslavers and segregationists’ camp, where they obviously do not belong.
I’m reminded of my gay friends who hate many modern pride events because they feel they do the opposite of normalizing homosexuality in focusing on garish oversexualized public displays. They’d be called homophobes by the equivalent of the OP–isn’t that a bit ridiculous?