Show Notes The Appeal to Common Sense fallacy occurs when someone invokes "common sense" as a reason to believe something instead of providing evidence. Trump We started out by discussing Trump blaming a helicopter crash on DEI: Then we looked at Trump claiming he knows the kind of people who immigrate to the US: And...
Show Notes The Euphemism Fallacy occurs when someone uses a misleadingly positive word or phrase in order to avoid a negative reality. Trump We started out by discussing one of Trump's euphemistically transphobic Executive Orders Then we looked at Trump lying about crimes (but not his ones this time): And finally we talked about Trump...
Show Notes The Dysphemism fallacy occurs when someone replaces a neutral term with an unnecessarily negative one to support their position. Trump We started out by discussing Trump talking about the Green New Deal Then we looked at Trump using nicknames And finally we talked about Trump's description of the "BLM/Antifa riots" Mark's British Politics Corner Mark...
Show Notes The Appeal to Probability Fallacy occurs when someone assumes that because something is possible or probable then it will definitely happen. Trump We started out by discussing Trump lying about inflation: Then we looked at Trump lying about 9/11: And finally we talked about this Trump tweet: At 10:00 P.M. on Election Evening, we...
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 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...
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...
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...
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...
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...