Fallacy of Relative Privation

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Dismissing an argument or complaint due to the existence of more important problems in the world, regardless of whether those problems bear relevance to the initial argument. For example, deeming something a "first world problem."

Trying to make a scenario appear better or worse by comparing it to the best or worst case scenario.

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