FALLACIES
SCARE TACTICS #
a strategy intended to manipulate public opinion
about a particular issue by arousing fear or alarm.
EITHER/OR CHOICES #
SLIPPERY SLOPE
suggests that taking a minor action will lead to a major action
FALSE AUTHORITY #
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When a person making a claim is presented as an expert who should be trusted when his or her expertise is not on the area being discussed.
AD HOMINEM
attacking one's characteristics to refute an argument
HASTY GENERALIZATION
conclusion is not logically justified by sufficient or unbiased evidence.
FAULTY CAUSALITY
the underlying assumption is that if one event happened before another, the first actually caused the second.
STRAW MAN
Attacking an argument that no one is really making
BANDWAGON
based on the assumption that the opinion of the
majority is always valid.
Black and white situations, and ignoring the grey areas.
Obscure legitimate alternatives