Your logical fallacy is tu quoque

Equivocation, aka “calling two different things by the same name,” is the logical fallacy of using a word or phrase in an argument either:

• In an ambiguous way


• To mean two or more things

Here’s an example:

Salad is healthy, and taco salad is a salad. Therefore, taco salad is healthy.

Ad Hominem

(Attacking the person): This fallacy occurs when, instead of addressing someone's argument or position, you irrelevantly attack the person or some aspect of the person who is making the argument. The fallacious attack can also be direct to membership in a group or institution.

the fallacy of “we tried that, didn’t work” via dhh:

no logical fallacy provides as much of an obstacle as “we tried that, didn’t work”. The fallacy that past failed attempts dictates the scope of what's possible.

That just because someone, somewhere, one time attempted something similar and failed, nobody else should try. That lowering our collectiv

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