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*"The Soviet Union was not a truly [[Communist]] country, as truly Communist countries would not have been so brutal and repressive."
 
*"The Soviet Union was not a truly [[Communist]] country, as truly Communist countries would not have been so brutal and repressive."
 
*"The [[9/11]] terrorists were not true Muslims, as [[Islam]] is a religion of peace."
 
*"The [[9/11]] terrorists were not true Muslims, as [[Islam]] is a religion of peace."
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The fallacy is not committed when the term has a clear and accepted definition and the example falls outside of that definition.  For example, someone saying that no true [[monotheist]] believes in multiple gods does not commit the fallacy, since the clear and accepted definition of a monotheist is someone who believes in only one God.
 
==References==
 
==References==
 
*[http://www.logicalfallacies.info/presumption/no-true-scotsman/ No True Scotsman]
 
*[http://www.logicalfallacies.info/presumption/no-true-scotsman/ No True Scotsman]
 
[[Category:Logical Fallacies]]
 
[[Category:Logical Fallacies]]
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