Appeal to identity
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An appeal to identity asserts that the soundness of an argument stands or falls based on the identity of the arguer. In particular, this identity is often a racial, gender, or sexual identity.
In this sense, the appeal to identity is closely related to the genetic fallacy, poisoning the well, tokenism and the ad hominem fallacy.
On the left[edit]
- Some identity politics
- Critical race theory
- Possibly mansplaining
- Prejudice plus power
- Radical lesbian separatism
- Cranky gender essentialism
- TERFs
- Gendercide
On the right[edit]
- Milo Yiannopoulos
- Blaire White
- Alt-right & white supremacy
- FEMra
- Race and intelligence
- Christian Identity
- Islamophobia
In conspiracy land[edit]
See also[edit]
- Bulverism — the original example given was a case of this argument as well
- Friend argument
- Nationalism
External links[edit]
- Appeal to Identity, Journey to the Unknown