The latest Badenoch-ism

Part of Kemi Badenoch’s justification for the Tories’ suggested £36 billion welfare cuts is:

millions of people can and do contribute to our economy to their families to their communities even when they face serious challenges. Double amputees run marathons. People who are housebound do wonderful creative work from home. People with autism run some of the biggest tech companies in the world. [Emphasis mine]

. . . and people with half a brain cell run major political parties.

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  • Logical flaws with Ms Badenoch's seeming argument include:

    hasty generalisation (small sample unrepresentative of wider group)

    false dichotomy (individuals can be both cognitively strong and significantly disabled)

    survivorship bias (wealthy tech bro autistics get headlines, ordinary autistic folk don't)

    fallacy of composition (what's true for one subset is not true for the wider group)

    Basics! Sigh.

    I do wonder why anyone would ignore compassion, nuance and truth to generate sensational headlines and garner support by identifying, shaming and attacking an out-group.

    (checks history book)

    Oh, yeah. That again...

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  • Logical flaws with Ms Badenoch's seeming argument include:

    hasty generalisation (small sample unrepresentative of wider group)

    false dichotomy (individuals can be both cognitively strong and significantly disabled)

    survivorship bias (wealthy tech bro autistics get headlines, ordinary autistic folk don't)

    fallacy of composition (what's true for one subset is not true for the wider group)

    Basics! Sigh.

    I do wonder why anyone would ignore compassion, nuance and truth to generate sensational headlines and garner support by identifying, shaming and attacking an out-group.

    (checks history book)

    Oh, yeah. That again...

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