I'm really lost for words…
For example, I like people with short hair. But then someone could say, so you hate people with long hair? But, of course, I did not give any information on people with long hair. I could've liked/hate it. What is this called? I'm sure there was a name to this, maybe an expression?
Best Answer
This is commonly known as the fallacy of "denying the antecedent".
To see why this is the case, you can rephrase your statement as follows.
Then by simple substitution, your friend's false assertion is logically equivalent to
This is the exact formal definition of denying the antecedent.
Here's the statement substitution: