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 Show Notes The Broken Window Fallacy is committed when someone tries to claim when a bad thing happens, that good things will result from it, which makes it OK. Trump We started out with this clip of Trump claiming tariffs, which raise prices for US consumers, will make the US a richer nation: We...

Show Notes The Appeal to Nature is committed when someone assumes that something that is natural is therefore good, or something that is unnatural or artificial is therefore bad. Trump We started out with Trump complaining about artificial lights: We followed that with this 2001 Op Ed from Mike Pence: Then we looked at this...

Show Notes The Appeal to Accomplishment Fallacy is committed when someone refers to their abilities or achievements as a reason to believe them rather than using arguments. Trump We started out with Trump talking about what a rich, successful friend of his said: Then we talked about this extremely self-aware Trump tweet: Mark's British Politics...

Show Notes The McNamara Fallacy is committed when someone treats something as important because it is easy to measure, or dismisses something as unimportant because it is hard to measure. Trump We started out by talking about Robert McNamara's use of Vietnamese death toll as a measure of US success during the Vietnam...

Show Notes The Accent Fallacy is committed when the meaning of a sentence or phrase is changed by placing the emphasis on a different part, or leaving emphasis ambiguous in writing. Trump We started out by talking about Trump's misrepresentation of what Ilhan Omar said about Muslims losing civil rights after 9/11: Then we...

Show Notes The Circular Reasoning fallacy is committed when someone makes at least two claims, each of which is offered as evidence for the other. Trump We started out by talking about the GOP's circular excuses for not wanting witnesses in the first impeachment trial, such as this from Trump: Then we talked about...

Show Notes The Appeal to Sincerity fallacy is committed when someone tries to convince you of just how sincerely they believe in their claims, rather than offering evidence to back them up. Trump We started out by talking about this clip of Trump in September 2020, claiming he really believed the US was...

Show Notes The Argumentum ad Lunam Fallacy is committed when someone compares putting a man on the moon (or another very hard thing that has been achieved) to a hard thing that has yet to be achieved.   Trump We started out by talking about Trump claiming that since the US has already done...

Show Notes The Promised Proof Fallacy is committed when someone can't back up their claims with anything other than some currently non-existent proof that they claim will appear later.   Trump We started out by talking about Trump claiming the reason he didn't visit the military cemetery in France was the weather (which he...

Show Notes The Argument from Consequences occurs when someone makes a truth claim based on how good (or bad) things would be if the claim was in fact true.   Trump We started out by talking about Trump being unable to accept the results of the election because if the numbers are true that...

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