Jo Biden, in his speech commemorating the tragic events of January 6th attack on the Capitol, repeated the assertion that that was no evidence of voter fraud. That's entirely true but unconvincing for many; the Appeal to Ignorance reasoning fallacy allows those who want to believe that was fraud to say that the absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.
It was this kind of reasoning that allowed people to say that there was no evidence that smoking was injurious to health so smoking must not be unhealthy; or that there was insufficient evidence that climate change was occurring or that if it was it was attributable to the burning of fossil fuels. Ultimately, however such reasoning falls away as sufficient evidence is gathered to dispel any doubt.
While it might have been argued in November of 2020 that there was no evidence of voter fraud, that is no longer the case; there is now ample evidence that there was none. Those who wish to preserve democracy in America need to take a more definitive line, namely that the numerous court cases and investigation mean not simply that there is no proof of fraud, but that it has been proven beyond reasonable doubt that there was no election fraud.
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