Examples of the argument from gullibility to plagiarized schlock
Posted: Wed Feb 18, 2026 5:55 pm
So-called Holocaustophiliacs, really incompetent plagiarists, rely heavily on the fallacy of Argument from Gullibility to Plagiarized Schlock.
This thread will collect a tiny fraction of the millions of examples of these easily duped sanctimonious venerators of horror engaging in this fallacy.
AI Overview: The Argument from Gullibility to Plagiarized Schlock is a logical fallacy in which the perceived sincerity, enthusiasm, or sheer credulousness of an audience is taken as positive evidence for the profundity, veracity, or intellectual merit of a work that is, upon closer inspection, derivative drivel.
The Argument from Gullibility to Plagiarized Schlock asserts "I cannot imagine this being false; therefore it must be true and brilliant. Anyone who is not as equally gullible must be a liar who wants to censor me."
Related practices of so-called Holocaustophiliacs, really passive aggressive cry-bullies:
Dieter Pohl, "The Murder of Jews in the General Government," in National Socialist Extermination Policies: Contemporary German Perspectives and Controversies, p. 84:
Because he is easily duped by his dogmatism, he engages in the fallacy of gullibility to plagiarized schlock, mindlessly repeating horror schlock and venerating it sanctimoniously.
Verdict: gullible to plagiarized schlock of diesel motor exhaust.
This is why people bullied me in grade school and continue to bully me on X. They shouldn't be allowed to censor me.
Disclaimer: the point of this thread is to highlight mistakes/misconceptions of mainstream authors with the same lack of charity and hyperbolic insults as shown to revisionist authors. The citations are serious, the tone is satirical. It looks unhinged, insane, and paranoid -- because it is.
This thread will collect a tiny fraction of the millions of examples of these easily duped sanctimonious venerators of horror engaging in this fallacy.
AI Overview: The Argument from Gullibility to Plagiarized Schlock is a logical fallacy in which the perceived sincerity, enthusiasm, or sheer credulousness of an audience is taken as positive evidence for the profundity, veracity, or intellectual merit of a work that is, upon closer inspection, derivative drivel.
The Argument from Gullibility to Plagiarized Schlock asserts "I cannot imagine this being false; therefore it must be true and brilliant. Anyone who is not as equally gullible must be a liar who wants to censor me."
Related practices of so-called Holocaustophiliacs, really passive aggressive cry-bullies:
- Argumentum ad Populum (appeal to popularity), except with added intellectual cosplay.
- Halo Effect, wherein a compelling narrative tone substitutes for rigor.
- Footnote Laundering Principle, in which a thin bibliography is expanded via plagiarism and outright fabrication, retroactively conferring gravitas.
- Passive Aggressive Cry-Bullying, in which the person falling victim to this fallacy then claims being "ruthlessly censored" when, in reality, insulting everyone else.
Dieter Pohl, "The Murder of Jews in the General Government," in National Socialist Extermination Policies: Contemporary German Perspectives and Controversies, p. 84:
Pohl provides no citation for this statement, taking it as an article of religious faith. It is in the second paragraph of his twenty-page article, in the introduction.After the air-tight doors were bolted shut, the victims were suffocated with exhaust fumes from a diesel motor. After some twenty minutes all were dead.
Because he is easily duped by his dogmatism, he engages in the fallacy of gullibility to plagiarized schlock, mindlessly repeating horror schlock and venerating it sanctimoniously.
Verdict: gullible to plagiarized schlock of diesel motor exhaust.
This is why people bullied me in grade school and continue to bully me on X. They shouldn't be allowed to censor me.
Disclaimer: the point of this thread is to highlight mistakes/misconceptions of mainstream authors with the same lack of charity and hyperbolic insults as shown to revisionist authors. The citations are serious, the tone is satirical. It looks unhinged, insane, and paranoid -- because it is.

