Poisoning the Well
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Definition
This fallacy is committed when someone presents information about someone with the explicit intention of tainting other people's view of that person before meeting him/her.
Examples
- The professor you will see in the debate tonight in defence of gay marriage is a Nazi sympathiser.
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