Should this be in unethical life pro tips

Striker@lemmy.worldmod to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world – 1290 points –
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Argumentum ad lgnorantiam

Argumentum ad pessimism, actually

Can you explain what that means, and what the other guy said please?

He called me an idiot. I said no, I'm a pessimist

My intention wasn't to call you an idiot (which me misusing that Latin phrase would make ME the idiot lol), it was to point out the "If I don't do it someone else will" moral justification / fallacy that a lot of people, such as drug dealers for example, use to skirt the moral responsibility of their actions.