11 Nov Parade of Horribles – FT#161
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27 Aug Two Wrongs Make a Right Fallacy – FT#156
Show Notes The Two Wrongs Make a Right Fallacy occurs when someone tries to justify an action by pointing out that someone else did it too, or would if they had the chance. Trump We started out by discussing this clip of Trump talking about nominating Amy Coney Barrett: And then we looked at...
29 Jul Magic Words Fallacy – FT#154
Show Notes The Magic Words Fallacy occurs when someone uses specific phrasing to avoid consequences for what they say. Trump We started out by discussing this clip of Trump from 1994: And then we looked at this non-apology apology from Ted Yoho: Finally, we talked about this example of a Sovereign Citizen: Mark's British Politics Corner Mark...
11 Dec Bulverism – FT#138
Show Notes Bulverism occurs when someone explains why another is wrong without first establishing that they are wrong. Trump We started out by discussing this clip of Trump defending his stance on North Korea: And then we looked at this clip of Trump complaining about his indictments: Mark's British Politics Corner Mark talked about Rishi Sunak...
28 Nov What’s the Harm – FT#137
Show Notes The What's the Harm Fallacy occurs when someone suggests trying something be rhetorically asking what's the harm, thereby implying that there is none. Trump We started out by discussing this clip of Trump being fractally wrong about vaccines: And then we looked at this clip of Trump giving African Americans bad reasons...
17 Oct Sour Grapes – FT#134
Show Notes The Sour Grapes Fallacy occurs when someone rationalizes their failure after the fact by claiming the thing they were trying to attain wasn't actually any good. Trump We started out by discussing Trump's claim that Salma Hayek is too short for him after she turned him down for a date. And then...
17 Sep Argument from Too Much Evidence – FT#132
Show Notes The Argument from Too Much Evidence occurs when someone suggests an imbalance of evidence in one direction is somehow suspicious and therefore proof of the opposite being true. Trump We started out by discussing this clip of Kandiss Taylor talking to a couple of flat earthers: Then we talked about this COVID...
23 Aug Appeal to Common Folk – FT#81
Show Notes The Appeal to Common Folk is committed when someone tries to get the listeners to believe him by showing them what a regular guy he is. Trump We started out with Trump claiming he's a blue collar worker: We followed that with Trump claiming his followers are in fact super-elite, just like...
23 Nov Ad Hoc Fallacy – FT#63
Show Notes The Ad Hoc Fallacy is committed when someone makes stuff up in order to avoid accepting evidence against their belief. Trump We started out with these three Tweets from Trump, which are representative of the many many lies he has told on Twitter since losing the election, almost all of which...
19 Feb Nirvana Fallacy – FT#43
Show Notes The Nirvana Fallacy is committed when someone dismisses an argument or an option because it is flawed in some way, even though it may be the best of all available arguments or options. We started out with this clip of Trump lying about the Iran deal: In Mark's British Politics Corner,...
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