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So basically I came through this fallacious argument (image).

Which translates into:

"Without stress
Without bombs
Without beggars
Without prisons
Without fast food
Without external debt
Without contamination
Without poverty
And yet they dare to call me PRIMITIVE"

The thing is that (without trying to be racist), this native from the Amazon could well be primitive, since none of the previous statements proves that he/she is not.

After a lot of research I came through the "argument from fallacy" as the best choice for this fallacy, but I'm not 100% sure. Am I wrong or not?

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I don't fully understand the question but it sounds off-topic. – z7sg Ѫ Mar 6 '12 at 22:59
How is it off topic. Isn't this a forum for questions related to english? – Yokhen Mar 6 '12 at 23:00
Off-topic. There's no definitive answer to any coherent focussed question about English language usage here. – FumbleFingers Mar 6 '12 at 23:02
The topics accepted for questions here are listed on the FAQ. This seems more about identifying a particular logically fallacy. – z7sg Ѫ Mar 6 '12 at 23:05
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But Fallacies. They are part of the english language! How can you possibly say that there is not question related to language usage? – Yokhen Mar 6 '12 at 23:07
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closed as off topic by FumbleFingers, z7sg Ѫ, Mahnax, Cerberus, RegDwighт♦ Mar 7 '12 at 0:22

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