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Ask HN: Could you help me identify which fallacy this is?

1 pointsby ErikVandeWaterover 2 years ago
Example: Person A: I won&#x27;t vote for the lesser of two evils.<p>Person B: But if lots of people like you did that in this election, the greater of two evils might win.<p>I thought this was the bandwagon fallacy, but yourlogicalfallacyis.com&#x2F;bandwagon describes the fallacy as &quot;appealing to popularity or the fact that many people do something as an attempted form of validation.&quot; In this case, refusing to vote for the lesser of two evils is <i>unpopular</i>. Other websites have similar definitions of the bandwagon fallacy.

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meheleventyoneover 2 years ago
Nirvana or perfect solution fallacy are at least related. Basically they’re saying they won’t take part because there isn’t a “perfect candidate” when that’s not a likely option in particular because you can use that excuse with any pairing.