Social Movements: Composition Fallacy
Words: 737 Pages: 2 5208In contemporary discourse, the fallacy of composition often surfaces when discussing social movements and their opposition. This logical error is the assumption that what is true for individual members of a group must be true for the group as a whole. This essay examines the logical similarities between the fallacy of composition used by critics of social justice movements, such as anti-Social Justice Warriors (anti-SJWs), anti-Black Lives Matter (anti-BLM) advocates, and anti-feminists, and the reasoning that underpins racist ideologies. Importantly, […]