Show Notes The Broken Clock Fallacy occurs when someone suggests that because they were right once (even if it was for the wrong reason) they should be trusted generally. Trump We started out by discussing this list of things Trump claims he was right about: Then we talked about the fact he appointed Jerome...
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...
Happy New Year! A while ago, especially for our Patrons, we watched convicted felon Dinesh D'Souza's 'documentary' 2,000 Mules, which purports to offer evidence that the 2020 election was stolen, using a massive ballot harvesting scheme. You'll be shocked to learn the evidence doesn't hold up to even a small amount of...
Happy Holidays! A while ago, especially for our Patrons, we watched convicted felon Dinesh D'Souza's 'documentary' 2,000 Mules, which purports to offer evidence that the 2020 election was stolen, using a massive ballot harvesting scheme. You'll be shocked to learn the evidence doesn't hold up to even a small amount of scrutiny. However,...
Show Notes The Argument to Moderation Fallacy is committed when someone assumes that true or most reasonable answer is a compromise between two given answers (when in fact one of the given answers may be right) Trump We started out by discussing this excerpt from Trump's Art of the Deal: Then we talked about...
Show Notes The Planning Fallacy describes the tendency for people to underestimate the time a task will take to complete. Trump We started out by discussing this clip of Trump underestimating how long it takes to build a wall: Then we talked about this clip of Trump underestimating how long it takes to count...
Show Notes The Hot Hand Fallacy is committed when someone confuses dependent and independent events and claims that because particular outcome has been happening recently, it will continue to happen. Trump We started out by discussing this clip of Trump talking about Obamacare: Mark's British Politics Corner Mark talked about John Major claiming in 1997...
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 Appeal to Freedom Fallacy is committed when someone claims that they should be entitled to something because any restraint of personal freedom for any reason is unacceptable. Trump We started out by discussing this Trump tweet: We followed that directly with this clip from Alexandra Pelosi's documentary American Selfie: One Nation...
Show Notes Reductio ad Hitlerum is committed when someone compares their opponent to Hitler without due cause, usually in a Herculean avoidance of nuance. Trump We started out by this tweet from Trump: We followed that with this (non-exhaustive) string of examples from batshit Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene Jan. 11, 2019 Before her run...