Absolutist Fallacy, also Objectivist Fallacy - The belief that one's own perspective is not just valid but objectively true, universal, and beyond question, while all other perspectives are biased, subjective, or simply wrong. The absolutist fallacy assumes that reality has a single correct interpretation and that you happen to possess it. It's the fallacy behind "I'm not political, I just believe in common sense" (where common sense means your opinions), "I'm not ideological, I'm just rational" (where rational means agreeing with you), and "I see things as they are, everyone else sees them through a lens" (where your lens is invisible to you). The absolutist fallacy makes genuine dialogue impossible because you're not participating in a conversation—you're delivering truth to the misinformed.
Example: "He committed the absolutist fallacy daily, presenting his conservative views as 'objective reality' and liberal views as 'ideological delusion.' When she pointed out that objectivity was complicated, he said she was being 'relativist' and that relativism was the death of truth. He didn't see that his 'truth' was just his perspective, elevated to universal status by his own certainty."
by Dumu The Void February 15, 2026
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