Question posed by Aschlafly: Are Nazi doctors and eugenics good company for those to keep who are demanding the Covid-19 vax?
Even if the claim that Covid-19 vaccines have some kind of Nazi historical roots were true (and I am not convinced it is), guilt by association is a term which describes the act of attempting to discredit a person because of his connection to a certain group or organization or to discredit a position because people whom the speaker expects the audience to dislike agree with that position or are otherwise associated with it. If I was offered a free Volkswagon (VW) car and I did not have a car and I needed one, but I lacked the funds, I would not refuse the free VW because it has some kind of historical association with Adolf Hitler.
The genetic fallacy is a logical fallacy wherein an argument is based on the circumstances of something's origin or history when that origin or history has nothing to do with the present value of that something. The fallacy is thus a fallacy of relevance. An example is arguing that Christians should not decorate Christmas trees because thousands of years ago such practices were performed by pagans. Conservative (talk) 21:25, October 18, 2021 (EDT)
- Good points against guilt by association.--Andy Schlafly (talk) 21:48, October 18, 2021 (EDT)