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Persuasive techniques (The Crap techniques (Bandwagon (An argument which…

- - - - This is when you try to argue that an example from your opponent shouldn't count because it isn't a "real" example.
      - "No true Italian drinks long black coffee. That basically makes you a wannabe wog."
      - (My 89 year old Nonno would have strongly disagreed with you in broken English)
  - - - This when you attack the arguer rather than the argument.
      - "Donald Trump was bad president because he is rude!"
        
        Whether or not Trump is rude isn't actually relevant and if that was why someone didn't like him, they are a bad judge of presidents. There are significantly better ways to judge a president than whether or not they rude (like did their idiot decisions lead to unnecessary deaths? Trump's did).
      - This technique is so bad, that using will often help your opponents.
        
        People can defend their viewpoints by focusing on someone else using ad hominem attacks. Once you insult people, they are likely to ignore you. Some of the audience will also ignore you. Dishonest people can also see instances of this and use them to avoid having an argument, "they can't even have a fair discussion. I guess they don't care about freedom of speech. I am voting for a racist, stupid, cruel monster for president because they called me racist, stupid and cruel." They don't actually think this. They agreed with their side all along, but now their opposition seems like it was caused by you, and others which might be tempted to your side see you as unprepared.
  - - - This is when you argue that allowing, banning or changing one thing will lead to others, without clear evidence.
      - "If we allow R18 games to be sold in Australia, people will soon be asking for porn games to be sold in Australia. Than they'll ask for games about bestiality or paedophilia. I am taking a stand against paedophilia and bestiality. "
      - These arguments are bad because there is no evidence to assume the later events will actually happen. Laws can be piecemeal and regulated. For instance, we allow people to sell alcohol in Australia, but we still ban many drugs (and even drinks with high percentages of alcohol)