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Comment author: fubarobfusco 04 March 2013 08:19:44PM -1 points [-]

It's an inference drawn from a mixture of fallacies of composition and division and the availability heuristic.

"I notice Jerusalemites supporting Jesus, therefore Jerusalem supports Jesus. I notice Jerusalemites opposing Jesus, therefore Jerusalem opposing Jesus. Jerusalem both supports and opposes Jesus; therefore Jerusalem is fickle; therefore Jerusalemites are individually fickle ... and should feel bad about their fickleness."