Category Archives: is quoque

TU to-the-evah-lovin’ QUOQUE!

Posted on 5/2/2013 by Scott Aikin

We’ve had a number of discussions here at the NS about how ad hominem tu quoque can sometimes actually be a relevant form of argument. (See one of mine HERE, Colin on it HERE, John on it HERE, and my … Continue reading →

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Ei quoque

Posted on 12/24/2011 by John Casey

One of the lamest journalistic tropes is the ei quoque (Scott's idea): well, they do it too!  It's not the tu quoque, because that means "you do it too!."  This captures the gist of Politifact's defense of its sorry fact-checking: At a Republican … Continue reading →

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