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=== Offering an Irrelevant Difference ===

=== Offering an Irrelevant Difference ===

The usual form of special pleading is to cite a counter-ground that is simply irrelevant.<ref name=Nizkor/><ref name=Thompson>Bruce Thompson, [http://www.cuyamaca.edu/bruce.thompson/Fallacies/specialpleading.asp Special Pleading], in [http://www.cuyamaca.edu/bruce.thompson/Fallacies/intro_fallacies.asp Bruce Thompson's Fallacy Pages] (retrieved April 9, 2007)</ref> The irrelevant ground might be either an alleged special circumstance<ref name=Nizkor/> or a unique or at least unshared perspective or credential<ref name=Thompson/>. "How dare you criticize a (wo)man of my talent/education/training" is a crude example of the special-credential plea.

The usual form of special pleading is to cite a [[distinction without a difference|counter-ground that is simply irrelevant]].<ref name=Nizkor/><ref name=Thompson>Bruce Thompson, [http://www.cuyamaca.edu/bruce.thompson/Fallacies/specialpleading.asp Special Pleading], in [http://www.cuyamaca.edu/bruce.thompson/Fallacies/intro_fallacies.asp Bruce Thompson's Fallacy Pages] (retrieved April 9, 2007)</ref> The irrelevant ground might be either an alleged special circumstance<ref name=Nizkor/> or a unique or at least unshared perspective or credential<ref name=Thompson/>. "How dare you criticize a (wo)man of my talent/education/training" is a crude example of the special-credential plea.

=== Ignoring Unfavorable Evidence ===

=== Ignoring Unfavorable Evidence ===