bkev said:

TheBoost said:
I'm tangentially following the #Gamergate crap on the net right now.

I dont say anything, but I'm going to explode if I don't let off some steam.

The logical fallacy commonly called CHERRY PICKING does not mean simply selecting data that proves your point. Saying "I got death threats, look at all these horrible death threats" is NOT cherry picking.

Cherry Picking means to selecting data that proves your point and ignoring data, usually a lot of data, that is contradictory. The claim of cherry picking doesn't even make sense rhetorically.

The statement "Threats of violence and rape are the only messages on twitter" would be a claim that would be supported by a cherry picking tactic.

Watching these assholes, I'm less upset by them being assholes, and more upset by their abuse of academic language.

The Feminist Frequency lady uses extremely academic style language 90% of the time, but the dudes who try to tear her down try to use it, and it's like a monkey trying to build a rocketship after looking at a drawing of one. There might be certain similarities, but it doesn't fly.

... focuses on too menial menial of issues for the amount of funding she received;... ...

I keep seeing this complaint, and can't comprehend it. I try to imagine some other example where this would make sense and can't.

"The school tried to raise $500 in a bake sale, and raised $900! What a scam!"

"He received a great deal of grant money for his car-that-can-run-on-jam. Why isn't he also making a car-that-can-run-on-peanut-butter? What a thief!"

"What?! You received an enormous outpouring on public monetary support for your geology research, plainly showing an enormous demand for that type of work! How dare you sir!"