A point-by-point rebuttal of anti-vaxxer Dr. Robert Malone's interview on Joe Rogan [44:53]

  • "Smart guy can't be wrong later!" is such a confession about how y'all think science works.

OP insinuated that Robert Malone obviously isn't against vaccination as he's dedicated his career to the research and development of vaccines. This is the "straw man" fallacy I was referring to - you changed OP's statement to make an adjacent statement. As it happens, this assertion is also why I pointed out argumentum ad populum - you used a logical fallacy to categorically condemn a group, "y'all", suggesting that you and your group are obviously more intelligent and in the right.

Moving on, I may have worded my response poorly - I wanted to diffuse the situation. When I stated that you must have taken my statement as a personal attack, what I intended to communicate was that it wasn't a personal attack. I don't mean that that is what you've done, just that I believe it may play a factor in your stance. I do not take issue with your comments and I apologize if my responses have been unclear - I have a tendency to be brief over text.

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