Show Notes The Schrödinger's Idiot fallacy occurs when someone says something ignorant, bigoted or just wrong, and later claims it was a joke when they are criticized for it. Trump We started out by discussing this clip of Trump lying about asking Russia to hack Hillary's emails: And then we looked at this clip...
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 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 The fallacy of Factoid Propagation is committed when someone uses a 'fact' they heard to support their position, without knowing (or caring) if the fact is true or not. Trump We started out by discussing this clip of Trump calling into a PA Senate hearing on the 2020 election: Then we talked...
Show Notes The Morton's Fork Fallacy is committed when someone suggests two seemingly different choices actually lead to the same negative result. Trump We started out by discussing this clip of Trump claiming that both testing and not testing for Covid in the White House will result in him being vilified by the...
Show Notes The If By Whiskey Fallacy is committed when someone either takes such a non-committal stance on an issue that they could be supporting either side, or redefines the terms of the question to answer in the way they want to answer. Trump We started out by discussing the Trump admin redefining sex/gender,...
Show Notes The Argument to the Purse occurs when someone suggests rich people are smarter, better or more likely to be correct based on their wealth. Trump We started out by discussing these two tweets from Trump: Isn't it crazy, I'm worth billions of dollars, employ thousands of people, and get libeled by moron...
Show Notes The Gambler's Fallacy is committed when someone confuses dependent and independent events or claims that a particular outcome is 'due' because it hasn't happened for some time. Trump We started out by discussing Trump's claim that you can't lose when you're billions of dollars out of pocket: We followed that with this...
Show Notes The Complex Question Fallacy is committed when someone asks a question which includes the answer they are expecting or only allows people to answer in one way. Trump We started out by discussing Trump's 'push polls' which, despite being phrased as questions, were actually propaganda. We followed that with this clip of...
Show Notes The Appeal to Loyalty Fallacy is committed when someone suggests you should believe a truth claim due to the loyalty you feel to the person making the claim, or suggests that if you don't believe something you are being disloyal. Trump We started out with this clip of Trump on the...