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 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...
Show Notes The Golden Hammer Fallacy occurs when someone assumes it is sensible to rely on a single tool or method to solve every problem. Trump We started out by discussing Trump's obsession with tariffs: Then we looked at Dr. Oz's obsession with ignoring medical science: Mark's British Politics Corner Mark talked about all the problems...
Show Notes The Euphemism Fallacy occurs when someone uses a misleadingly positive word or phrase in order to avoid a negative reality. Trump We started out by discussing one of Trump's euphemistically transphobic Executive Orders Then we looked at Trump lying about crimes (but not his ones this time): And finally we talked about Trump...
Show Notes The Fault as Virtue Fallacy occurs when someone disingenuously reframes a flaw in themselves or a situation as a good thing to support their argument. Trump We started out by discussing Trump claiming not paying taxes makes him smart: Then we looked at Trump claiming his history of corruption is a good...
Show Notes The Appeal to Probability Fallacy occurs when someone assumes that because something is possible or probable then it will definitely happen. Trump We started out by discussing Trump lying about inflation: Then we looked at Trump lying about 9/11: And finally we talked about this Trump tweet: At 10:00 P.M. on Election Evening, we...
Show Notes The Non Sequitur Fallacy occurs when someone makes a conclusion that does not follow from the premises. Trump We started out by discussing this Trump tweet: Nobody wants to report that Pennsylvania and Michigan didn’t allow our Poll Watchers and/or Vote Observers to Watch or Observe. This is responsible for hundreds of...
Show Notes The Fallacy occurs when someone lists lots of unpleasant but theoretical (or made-up) outcomes that they insist would follow from an action. Trump We started out by discussing this compilation of Trump clips: Mark's British Politics Corner Mark talked about Sunak and Starmer predicting bad things if the other one won: He followed that...
Show Notes The Glittering Generalities Fallacy occurs when someone uses vague, emotionally appealing phrases in place of reason. Trump We started out by discussing Trump's favorite slogan: And then we looked at this clip of Trump kind of talking about winning Finally, we talked about this clip of Trump complaining about bad people doing things: Mark's...