Fallacy icon - Persecuted victim

Name Description Example
Persecuted victim Perceiving and presenting themselves as the victim of organized persecution. “Climate scientists are trying to take away our freedom.”

Learn more about the fallacies in this graphics category in the blog post A history of FLICC: the 5 techniques of science denial

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German definition (Opferrolle)

Dutch definition (Vervolgd slachtoffer)


 


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