The fallacy of the "True Believer" is especially interesting because the person using it knows they are not being truthful, but considers the lie as a necessary part of telling the "truth."
It works like this:
The one practising this fallacy truly believes in the importance of their take on an issue, or issues.
However, rather than carefully selecting provable or objective facts, they have no problem making wildly outlandish claims - while knowing that they are wild and outlandish.
This person DOES NOT consider themselves to be a liar, comfabulator, or to be engaging in mad hyperbole, specifically because they are convinced that their "truth" is so important that telling falsehoods is justified - as if some "truths" can only be shown via false information.
I can't give any examples, though, because I have no idea if a person is a true believer, or a bald faced liar, or a complete idiot.
However, knowing that the fallacy of the true believer is a real thing is useful in understanding how some folk can be extremely sincere while also being liars.
Watch for it - see if you can spot it in the wild.
It works like this:
The one practising this fallacy truly believes in the importance of their take on an issue, or issues.
However, rather than carefully selecting provable or objective facts, they have no problem making wildly outlandish claims - while knowing that they are wild and outlandish.
This person DOES NOT consider themselves to be a liar, comfabulator, or to be engaging in mad hyperbole, specifically because they are convinced that their "truth" is so important that telling falsehoods is justified - as if some "truths" can only be shown via false information.
I can't give any examples, though, because I have no idea if a person is a true believer, or a bald faced liar, or a complete idiot.
However, knowing that the fallacy of the true believer is a real thing is useful in understanding how some folk can be extremely sincere while also being liars.
Watch for it - see if you can spot it in the wild.
