Show Notes The Just World Fallacy is committed when someone assumes that if something bad happens to you, it's probably because you're a bad person. Trump We started out with Trump talking about the shooting of Rayshard Brooks: We followed that with Trump's victim blaming following the Tree of Life synagogue shooting: Then we heard...
Show Notes The No True Scotsman Fallacy is committed when your existing definition of a particular group is challenged by a member who doesn't fit the criteria. Rather than adjust the definition, the offending group member is redefined as a non-member of the group. The name comes from an example given in...
Show Notes Trump likes to talk about ‘many people’ doing, thinking or saying something, to give the impression that whatever they are doing, thinking or saying is correct. In doing so, he is arguing from the popularity of an idea, rather than using evidence to show the idea is true. This...