Episodes

Show Notes The Sour Grapes Fallacy occurs when someone rationalizes their failure after the fact by claiming the thing they were trying to attain wasn't actually any good. Trump We started out by discussing Trump's claim that Salma Hayek is too short for him after she turned him down for a date. And then...

Show Notes The Playing the Victim fallacy occurs when someone tries to deflect criticism by arguing the target of criticism is just being persecuted, without addressing the content of the accusation. Trump We started out by discussing this clip of Trump referring to multiple credible accusations of sexual assault he faced in 2016: And...

Show Notes The Argument from Too Much Evidence occurs when someone suggests an imbalance of evidence in one direction is somehow suspicious and therefore proof of the opposite being true. Trump We started out by discussing this clip of Kandiss Taylor talking to a couple of flat earthers: Then we talked about this COVID...

Show Notes The Countless Counterfeit fallacy is committed when someone suggests a large amount of unreliable evidence, when combined together, can be considered reliable. Trump We started out by discussing this clip of Trump talking about the many affidavits he's collected: If you're interested, you can see those affidavits here. Then we talked about this...

Show Notes The Genetic Fallacy is committed when someone believes or dismisses a claim based on its origins rather than on evidence. Trump We started out by discussing this clip of Trump discussing oranges: Then we talked about this clip from Trump's attack ad on his prosecutors: And we followed that up with this upsetting...

Show Notes Nutpicking is the practise of choosing an extreme view or fringe member of a group and representing it as typical of that group to support an argument or point of view. Trump We started out by discussing this Facebook ad from Trump: Then we talked about this clip of Trump throwing a...

Show Notes The Zero Sum fallacy occurs when someone assumes gains and losses in a specific situation are directly balanced when in fact they are not. Trump We started out by discussing this clip of Trump getting trade wrong again: Then we talked about this clip of Trump throwing a bit of anti-BLM red...

Show Notes Whataboutism occurs when someone who is accused of something tries to distract and derail the conversation by talking about something somebody else did, which is implied to be equivalent. Trump We started out by discussing this clip of Lindsey Graham invoking the 'But Her Emails' defense: Then we talked about this clip...

Show Notes The Accident Fallacy is committed when someone applies a general rule to a specific situation which is actually an exception to the rule. Trump We started out by discussing this clip of Trump: Then we talked about this Trump tweet: The big Unsolicited Ballot States should give it up NOW, before it is...

Show Notes The Tautological Templar Fallacy involves a person claiming their actions are good or right because they are a good person who only does good things. Trump We started out by discussing this clip of Alan Dershowitz explaining why Trump should get away with pressuring a foreign government to investigate his opponent: Then...

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