This reads like a biography of certain people I know here on steemit! 😂 (And no I don't mean you in case you thought this was a backhanded whatever!)
When people hurl fallacies left and right, it's a telltale sign they're amateurs who never formally studied either philosophy or logic. There's also a high probability they're 16, or at least are psychologically stuck at 16. No professional philosopher I've ever known used accusations of fallacy as liberally as some people do in social media!
When you're writing an essay at uni, you're trying to present your opponent's argument in the best light possible. This trains you to listen, to be objective, to err on the safe side, and to avoid misconstruing other people's arguments.
I like your term 'fallacy-obsessed'! And many other points you made. I'm certainly bookmarking this!
And also who in their right mind expects someone to be absolutely error-free in the context of steemit discussions?! We aren't writing to be published in academic journals. Of course we're gonna make mistakes sometimes. Of course there's gonna be logical slips. The thing is to see the argument and intention behind the mistakes.
Hehe ;) I know what you mean this time ;) I still have to go back to your past comments for your other post hehe. I'll be going through the submissions tomorrow.
Knowing when people are using fallacies is good in order to show why an invalid/false conclusion is reached, if it is such. That way understanding the error in reasoning can be corrected. But definitely not something to be pointed out all the time hehe. Like you say, someone doesn't really understand how to use fallacies if they are just saying someone is using a fallacy i n order to disqualify their conclusion immediately or try to invalidate it. Thanks for the feedback.
I say if 50% of someone's dialogue is comprised of fallacy-accusations, they're probably engaged in a monologue!
Yeah, there can projection at times in arguments or conflicts ;)