“I hate (let’s say, the color blue) because my toxic ex likes it and therefore because they’re a bad person, everyone who likes blue is a bad person and should die!”
negative association
it’s not so much a way of thinking as a way of feeling
reductio ad Hitlerum is analogous.
Guilt by association?
Limited and generalizing.
In your example, I think this is a defense mechanism more than anything. People deal with grief of separation in different ways. This looks dumb on the surface but it’s like burning your hand on the stove. You only need to do it once to be fearful of and therefore extra careful with all stoves. Person who likes blue and broke their heart = stove.
That’s an argument ad hominem. That bad person endorses this thing, therefore that thing must be bad.
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Prejudice, no? Not one of the classic examples, granted, but it’s the same logic as them.
Hitler liked dogs… Dog lovers should all die!!!
