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'''Nutpicking''', named in analogy to "nitpicking" and "[[cherry picking]]," is the [[logical fallacy]] of smearing a whole group of people by finding a few extreme examples, typically in open comment threads, and holding them up as [[putting words in someone's mouth|representative of that group]].<ref>[http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/individual/2006_08/009324.php Nutpicking]</ref> Nutpicking is similar to the [[straw man fallacy]]; the difference is the difference between attacking an argument that only a few extreme people use and attacking an argument that no one uses at all.
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[[Category:Logical Fallacies]]