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Fallacies
You Suck!
• Ad Hominem
Dogs love me because you can’t prove that they don’t love me
• Negative proof fallacy
If we accept that humans evolved, then many religious people will lose their faith.
• Argument from Consequences
You cannot clearly define what a doodlebug is, therefore we cannot discuss whether or not they exist.
• Loki’s Wager
Everyone knows Cheetos are the best snack food.
• Appeal to Omnipotence
I’m right because I am the teacher.
• Appeal to Authority
You used as hominem, therefore you are wrong.
• Argument from fallacy
If you want to levy a tax to support health care, then the government can levy a tax for any reason, even to steal puppies.
• Reductio Ad Absurdum
You are wrong because you used and appeal to authority.
• Argument from Fallacy
We know that dogs like cheese. Look at the monkey!
• Red herring
We should do it this way, because that is the way it has always been done.
• Appeal to Tradition
Everyone knows that Mr Sephton is the best teacher.
• Appeal to Omnipotence
“How often do you steal from your parents?”
• Begging the Question
If you are in favour of the death penalty, you must also be in favour of less strict gun laws.
• Package deal fallacy
YOU REALLY SUCK!!!!
• Proof by verbosity
All teachers are smart. I know that Sephton is kinda dumb, but he’s not a real teacher.
• Definition Fallacy (No True Scotsman)
I know that global warming is a myth because an oil executive told me it was.
• False attribution
You’re either for us or against us
• False dilemma
Cavemen were not happy because they couldn’t play Nintendo wii.
• Historian’s Fallacy
When you compared the consistency of the bells to the sun rising, your point is wrong because the sun doesn’t really rise, the earth rotates.
• False Analogy
Every cell in the human body is microscopic therefore the human body is microscopic.
• Composition
Everyone likes tea because my uncle likes tea.
• Cherry Picking or Proof by Example
Mr. Sephton is kind because he told me that he is and he wouldn’t lie because he is too kind to lie.
• Begging the Question
You need evidence to back up your point, but I don’t because I just know it to be true.
• Inconsistency Fallacy
You claim to be against arguing, but you are arguing your point.
• Tu Quoque
You cannot clearly define what a doodlebug is, therefore we cannot discuss whether or not they exist.
• Loki’s Wager
Crime must be increasing because the news reports more murders now than they did before.
• False Attribution
I know that dogs do not think because Chewbacca was the least intelligent character in Star Wars.
• Red herring
If you believe that students can be trusted, then you must also believe that students do not need a dress code.
• Package deal fallacy
Organic food is better because it is more natural
• Naturalistic Fallacy
If dogs are cool, then we like to pet them.
• Non-Sequiter
You only want to believe in fate just believe it because you don’t want to be responsible for your actions.
• Ad Hominem
If we allow homosexuals to get married, then soon anyone can marry any thing.
• Slippery Slope
If we allow people freedom of speech, they will want the freedom to do anything they choose, even murder, then everyone will be dead.
• Slippery Slope
I don’t want to argue with you because you are dumber than me.
• Ad Hominem
You want to decriminalize a drug. I can’t believe you want to make all drugs perfectly legal.
• Straw Man Fallacy
If you think that dogs make good pets, then you must be against eating meat.
• Package Deal Fallacy
I know that this book is accurate, because the book tells me that it is accurate.
• Circular Reasoning.
Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries, now go away or I shall taunt you a second time.
• Ad Hominem