Show Notes Moving the Goalposts occurs when someone changes the rules after their initial criteria have been met. Trump We started out by discussing the strike on the Iranian nuclear facility which started with a claim of total obliteration, and ended with this clip of Tom Cotton and Lindsay Graham: Then we talked about...
Show Notes The Think of the Children Fallacy occurs when someone invokes an appeal to emotion involving theoretical harm to children to avoid addressing an actual argument. Trump We started out by discussing this clip of Trump attacking trans people while thinking of the children: Then we looked at this clip of Trump lying...
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 Pooh Pooh Fallacy is committed when someone dismisses a claim, argument or question as not being worthy of discussion, especially as a technique to avoid having a difficult conversation. Trump We started out by discussing Trump's dismissal of the Green New Deal as childish: We followed that with this clip of...
Show Notes The Ad Hominem Circumstantial Fallacy is committed when, instead of addressing someone's argument, you question the reason that they are making the argument, often suggesting that their circumstances mean that they benefit in some way from such an argument. We started out with this tweet from Donald dismissing John Bolton's...