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    The '''false accusation fallacy''' is a variant of the name-a-fallacy fallacy, which is the fallacy in which, rather than engaging with person A's arguments in detail, person B responds with the mention of a logical fallacy, without any explanation of how the fallacy actually applies to the argument at hand. What sets the false accusation fallacy apart is that the opponent mentions a fallacy that wasn't committed, whereas the name-a-fallacy fallacy is still committed regardless of whether person A did or didn't commit the fallacy that person B accused him/her of. Atheists on [[YouTube commonly]] commit this fallacy.

The '''false accusation fallacy''' is a variant of the name-a-fallacy fallacy, which is the fallacy in which, rather than engaging with person A's arguments in detail, person B responds with the mention of a logical fallacy, without any explanation of how the fallacy actually applies to the argument at hand. What sets the false accusation fallacy apart is that the opponent mentions a fallacy that wasn't committed, whereas the name-a-fallacy fallacy is still committed regardless of whether person A did or didn't commit the fallacy that person B accused him/her of. Atheists on [[YouTube commonly]] commit this fallacy.

==Example==

==Example==

     An example of the false accusation fallacy is this

      

 

Thomas: If atheism is true, than matter and energy should not exist, per the first two laws of thermodynamics. Matter and energy do exist, therefore atheism is false.

Thomas: If atheism is true, than matter and energy should not exist, per the first two laws of thermodynamics. Matter and energy do exist, therefore atheism is false.

James: You just affirmed the consequent.

James: You just affirmed the consequent.

    Here, James committed the false accusation fallacy because he accused Thomas of affirming the consequent, which is something that Thomas didn't do.

Here, James committed the false accusation fallacy because he accused Thomas of affirming the consequent, which is something that Thomas didn't do.