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A fallacy that treats a grievance as if it existed in isolation from its context, from related grievances, from historical patterns. The fallacy presents a single incident as if it were the whole story, or dismisses a pattern by focusing on a single counterexample. It's the logic of "one minority succeeded, so discrimination doesn't exist," of "one bad experience doesn't prove systemic racism." The Fallacy of Isolated Grievance allows its user to dismiss systemic problems by pointing to exceptions, to deny patterns by focusing on particulars. It's the favorite fallacy of those who don't want to see the forest for the trees, because the forest would require action.
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