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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.
'''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.
==Examples==
[[Czech]] [[catholic]] [[professor]] of [[theology]] Ctirad Václav Pospíšil blames partisan of [[militant atheism]] [[Dawkins]] for picking the oponions of problematic fundamentalist groups and equivocating them with all [[Christian]] believers. He calls such approach deceit and points out that after applying it together with intepreting the opinion of opponent in the most twisted sense a person does not engage in an open dialog but struggles with his or her own strawman instead.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Kde se bere tolik nenávisti? (Where so much hatred comes from?) |author=Ctirad Václav Pospíšil |url=http://www.katyd.cz/clanky/prilohy/perspektivy/kde-se-bere-tolik-nenavisti.html |journal=Katolický týdeník |volume 2010 |issue=7 |date=16 February 2010 |quote=Podle Dawkinse jsou však všichni věřící fundamentalisty, kreacionisty a zabedněnci. Je to klasický úskok. Vyberu si názory problematické skupiny a prohlásím, že to platí pro všechny věřící. Dalším úskokem je interpretace názorů toho druhého v tom nejpitomějším možném smyslu. Pak ale nepolemizuji s druhým, nýbrž jen s vlastní interpretací. |accessdate= |language=Czech}}</ref>
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[[Category:Logical Fallacies]]
[[Category:Logical Fallacies]]