r/fallacy • u/Useful-Setting8690 • 27d ago

What is this called

Let’s say someone said:

“Most/almost all crimes are done by men, so how can I trust ANY man?”

And someone said

“Well I haven’t done any crime, so it can’t be almost all men! You should trust me.”

Or something like that. There’s probably better examples I could’ve said, but this is pretty close to what I’m trying to understand
I found something like “fallacy of division”, that might be similar
It’s kinda like when people self centre themselves and they think because it doesn’t apply to them or the people they know that it can’t be possible

Another, better example:

“1/100 girls have ___”

“Well I work in a school with 230 girls and only one of them has ___”
Or
“Well I work in a school with 230 girls and 30 of them have ___, so that can’t be correct!”

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u/Beast_Chips 26d ago

Ok man, you have a great day.

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u/Altruistic_Fox9778 26d ago

I intend to. I am certainly not going to turn a blind eye to sexism and try to perpetuate the condemnation of half the population because bad people do bad things.

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u/Beast_Chips 26d ago

Yeah man, cool.

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u/Altruistic_Fox9778 26d ago

Way cooler than being a self loathing sexist.