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tu quoque
Golden Boy, through either honest misunderstanding or willful ignorance, insists that the comparison of Muslim and non-Muslim responses to similar questions is an example of a tu quoque fallacy.
It is not.
The tu quoque ("you, too") fallacy, as I understand it, takes the form:
A makes criticism P.
A is also guilty of P.
Therefore, P is dismissed.
The point that Glenn is trying to make, as I understand it, is:
A poll states that Muslims believe P.
Polls have shown that all people regardless of creed believe P.
Therefore, the poll says nothing specific about Muslims.
Thus, the argument is not fallacious.
QED.