Attack
Tu quoque (“you too”)
Dismisses a criticism because the critic doesn't live up to it either.
“You want car-free centres, but you drove here today.”
- How to spot it
- “You drive a car yourself!” in reply to an argument about cars.
- How to answer it
- Inconsistency doesn't make the point false. Bring them back to the argument.
Practise against it
Favoured by The Heckler.