Show Notes A Straw Man Fallacy occurs when someone distorts or misrepresents their opponents argument to make it easier to defeat. Trump We started out by discussing this clip of Trump lying about the Biden/Sanders unity platform: And then we looked at this clip of Trump lying about Biden's views on God, guns and...
Show Notes The Worst Case Scenario Fallacy occurs when someone argues as if the worst case scenario is the probable outcome rather than an unlikely situation. Trump We started out by discussing this clip of Trump claiming he saved two million lives: And then we looked at this clip of Florida Surgeon General Joseph...
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 Red Baiting Fallacy is committed when someone calls their opponent a communist or a socialist based on little or no evidence and in order to avoid engaging with their actual arguments. Trump We started out by discussing Trump's claim that Kamala Harris is a Communist: We followed that with this clip...
Show Notes The Argument from Antiquity is a fallacy where the arguer claims that something is right or good because it's traditional. If a person claims that we should do something a certain way because "that's the way it's always been done" or that a particular herb must have great healing...