Difference between revisions of "NABA"
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
(New page: '''NABA''' is an Acronym for '''N'''ot '''A'''s '''B'''ad '''A'''s. It is used dismissively on any defense of a given behavior or course of action whose main justification is that som...) |
|||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
| − | '''NABA''' is an [[Acronym]] for '''N'''ot '''A'''s '''B'''ad '''A'''s. | + | '''NABA''' is an [[Acronym]] for '''N'''ot '''A'''s '''B'''ad '''A'''s. A form of the [[tu quoque]] fallacy used by [[liberal]]s, it is used dismissively on any defense of a given behavior or course of action whose main justification is that someone, somewhere, has done something that is arguably worse. |
{{cquote|When you have to resort to the NABA Defense, you're in bad shape.<ref>[http://slacktivist.typepad.com/slacktivist/2005/06/314.html Nabobs of NABA]</ref>}} | {{cquote|When you have to resort to the NABA Defense, you're in bad shape.<ref>[http://slacktivist.typepad.com/slacktivist/2005/06/314.html Nabobs of NABA]</ref>}} | ||
Revision as of 03:47, August 27, 2008
NABA is an Acronym for Not As Bad As. A form of the tu quoque fallacy used by liberals, it is used dismissively on any defense of a given behavior or course of action whose main justification is that someone, somewhere, has done something that is arguably worse.
| “ | When you have to resort to the NABA Defense, you're in bad shape.[1] | ” |