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 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 I'm Entitled to my Opinion Fallacy occurs when someone invokes this supposed right in the face of opposing evidence which they can't argue against. Trump We started out by discussing this clip of Mike Pence defending Trump's opinion on voter fraud: And then we looked at this clip of Joe Tacopina...
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 Sunk Cost Fallacy is committed when someone justifies maintaining or extending a course of action based on the cost already incurred (whether in terms of money, time, effort or intellectual capital). Trump We started out with this clip of Trump justifying sending 4000 more troops into Afghanistan in August of...
Show Notes The Politician's Fallacy is committed when someone recognises that 'something' must be done about a problem and assumes that any 'something' will do. Trump We started out with this clip of Trump explaining why he had to put tariffs on Chinese goods: Then we talked about this Washington Post interview where he...
Show Notes Poisoning the Well is a kind of Ad Hominem fallacy where the attack on the person making a claim happens in advance. By attributing negative traits to someone before they even have the chance to make their argument, the well poisoner primes the listener not to believe what they are...