The Worst Negates the Bad Fallacy
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Susan ®

12/17/2023, 19:54:14
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  1. The Worst Negates the Bad (also, Be Grateful for What You've Got): The extremely common modern logical fallacy that an objectively bad situation somehow isn't so bad simply because it could have been far worse, or because someone, somewhere has it even worse. E.g., "I cried because I had no shoes, until I saw someone who had no feet." Or, "You're protesting because you earn only $7.25 an hour? You could just as easily be out on the street! I happen to know there are people in Uttar Pradesh who are doing the very same work you're doing for one tenth of what you're making, and they're pathetically glad just to have work at all.  You need to shut up, put down that picket sign, get back to work for what I care to pay you, and  thank me each and every day for giving you a job!" 


I think the end of your page here is an example of this? Just because there are so many worse off children and he looks like a smug little brat in all those photos doesn't mean there isn't some truth in the argument that raising a child as a diety might be a form of child exploitation and abuse? 

I don't know where the "Bad Seed" meets exploitation of a child for personal gain begins and ends but I don't entirely agree that Prem Rawat's childhood deification might be a form of abuse. 

I do not mean, at all, that excuses his behavior as an adult.  I am not sure some of his behavior as a teenager isn't something that would be tried in juvenile court. I don't know exactly where one draws the line and I am glad I don't have to be the one to decide that. 

https://utminers.utep.edu/omwilliamson/engl1311/fallacies.htm






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