Show Notes The Contrarian Fallacy occurs when someone reflexively opposes something without any attempt to offer evidence or counter arguments. Trump We started out by discussing this clip of Trump denying his own tax returns: And then we looked at this clip of Trump lying about his opposition to the Iraq invasion: Finally, we discussed...
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...
Show Notes The Complex Question Fallacy is committed when someone asks a question which includes the answer they are expecting or only allows people to answer in one way. Trump We started out by discussing Trump's 'push polls' which, despite being phrased as questions, were actually propaganda. We followed that with this clip of...