Summary
The black or white fallacy is commonly used by parents or authoritarian figures. The black or white way of thinking is used to make you believe when presented with 2 options that you have no other choices. To me, it may be considered an ultimatum which could be an example of black or white thinking because that's truly what it is, someone giving you two choices with no wiggle room to choose another making it seem as if you have no other choice. Parents or older parental figures often do this with their children when talking to them after they misbehave. I myself have practiced this fallacy multiple times when talking to my younger siblings and or cousins and trying to get them to behave. I would present them with two options, often one favorable and the other something that appeared as a consequence to aid me in getting them to behave. This fallacy has worked and been used thousands of times not just within our homes but within our school systems and our workplaces. While there are times where it is used to make a person feel cornered or pressured to choose an option of the person enforcing it.
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I believe I’ve been a victim to this fallacy. Growing up I was as intelligent sitting outside the box l, until I started applying common since to a lot of things that I was doing
This fallacy is very interesting because it can be used to manipulate someone by giving them only two options, making them feel as if they have no other choice. This is a case where you are either with me or against me. This fallacy occurs more frequently than we realize.