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Poisoning the Well

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[edit] Definition

This fallacy is committed when someone presents information about someone with the explicit intention of tainting other people's view of that person before meeting him/her.

[edit] Examples

  • The professor you will see in the debate tonight in defence of gay marriage is a Nazi sympathiser.

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