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Originally posted by Sacred 117
Hey, genius... Yoohoo! Over here!

I'm the guy you're ironically accusing of being dumb, here to point out to you, my would-be accuser, how it's logically inaccurate to make a claim and demand it be disproven rather than validly proving it yourself.

Example: "We can simply ASSUME that BL has Super Soaker quality armaments, unless you can prove otherwise."

This fallacy is specifically referred to as (Shifting the) Burden of Proof. In other words, "I need not prove my claim; you must prove it false."

See the problem yet? You're asking them to prove a negative as opposed to presenting any actual evidence to reinforce your claim, and no, an admitted assumption does not pass for evidence, as it's founded entirely on nothing and was purported as nothing more than a convenient means of denial.

With that said, you should probably start digging for evidence now. Get to work, son!