Editing Association fallacy (section)

=== Examples ===
Some [[syllogism|syllogistic]] examples of guilt by association:

* John is a Con artist. John has black hair. Therefore, people with black hair are necessarily Con artists.
* Lyle is a crooked salesman. Lyle proposes a monorail. Therefore, the proposed monorail is necessarily [[w:folly|folly]].
* Country X is a dangerous country. Country X has a national [[postal service]]. Therefore, countries with national postal services are necessarily dangerous.
* Simon and Karl live in [[Nashville]], and they are both petty criminals. Jill lives in Nashville; therefore, Jill is necessarily a petty criminal.
Guilt by association can sometimes also be a type of ''[[ad hominem]]'', if the argument attacks a person because of the similarity between the views of someone making an argument and other proponents of the argument.<ref name=Niz>{{cite web |url=http://www.nizkor.org/features/fallacies/guilt-by-association.html |date=12 June 2014 |title=Fallacy: Guilt By Association |last=Labossiere |first=Michael C. |website=The Nizkor Project |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181004015840/http://www.nizkor.org/features/fallacies/guilt-by-association.html |archive-date=4 October 2018 |url-status=dead |access-date=12 June 2014 }}</ref><ref name="Damer2008">{{cite book |last=Damer |first=T. Edward |title=Attacking Faulty Reasoning: A Practical Guide to Fallacy-Free Arguments |date=21 February 2008 |publisher=Cengage Learning |isbn=978-1-111-79919-9 |edition=6th |page=112 |chapter=6: Fallacies that Violate the Relevance Criterion |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kAFtCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA112}}</ref>