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Whew, straight in with the authority fallacy! How long did you defend your belief in Santa Claus?
Yes, the idiotic fallacy of giving greater weight to the opinion of an authority at the subject being discussed. It is no match to the logical chad move of giving weight to the opinion of a random internet commentator who claims something is nonsense without giving any reason or explanation why.
While it's fair to point out I have no reasons myself, you got the fallacy wrong. You didn't just give greater weight to their position. You hinged your entire position on theirs. You're defending something you don't even understand yourself.
I did what? That was my first post in this entire thread.