Show Notes The Honor by Association Fallacy occurs when someone tries to make themselves look better because of a connection to a positive person or concept. Trump We started out by discussing this clip of Trump invoking Lincoln to make the GOP look good: Then we looked at this collection of clips of Trump...
Show Notes The Slippery Slope fallacy is committed when a person assumes if one bad thing happens, then more, and often worse, bad things will inevitably follow. It is often applied to changes in the law that some groups are campaigning for, and others find distasteful. It is fallacious because to accept...
Show Notes The Ethnocentric Fallacy occurs when someone starts from an assumption that their own culture is superior to others or was more instrumental in history than it really was. Trump We started out by discussing this clip of Trump claiming Americans did everything: Then we looked at this clip of Trump overestimating how...
Show Notes The Labelling Fallacy occurs when someone assigns a (usually negative) label to a person or idea as a shortcut to avoid providing evidence of how the person or idea is wrong. Trump We started out by discussing this clip of Trump calling everything woke: Then we looked at this clip of Kelly...
Show Notes The Halo Effect is a cognitive bias that leads people to base their whole opinion of someone on a single positive or negative trait. Trump We started out by discussing this clip of Trump admiring attractive men: Then we looked at this clip of Trump talking about Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy: And finally...
Show Notes The Appeal to Outdated Data fallacy occurs when someone uses evidence to support their claim, but the evidence has already been debunked or superseded by contradictory data. Trump We started out by discussing this clip of Trump talking about Chicago's gun laws: Then we looked at this clip of Trump citing Anthony...
Show Notes The Argument from Popularity Fallacy occurs when someone makes a claim based on how many people believe an idea or use a product rather than providing evidence the idea is true or the product is good. Trump We started out by discussing this clip of Trump claiming a lot of people...
Show Notes The Furtive Fallacy occurs when someone assumes that significant events are due to hidden actions by nefarious powerful people. Trump We started out by discussing this clip of Trump on George Soros: Then we looked at this "truth": And finally we talked about this clip of Trump claiming the election was stolen: Mark's British...
Show Notes Hypophora occurs when someone answers their own question without giving anyone else a chance to answer. It can be fallacious if the answer given serves them better than other plausible answers. Trump We started out by discussing this clip of Trump lying about Joe Biden: Then we looked at this clip of...
Show Notes The Jingoism Fallacy occurs when someone attempts to appeal to patriotic emotions rather than reason to persuade others. Trump We started out by discussing this Truth Social post by Trump: Then we looked at another one of Trump's euphemistically transphobic Executive Orders And finally we talked about Dr. Carole Lieberman's patriotic defense of...