Show Notes The Double Standard Fallacy is committed when someone treats two very similar situations differently (usually to their advantage) with no explanation why. Trump We started out with this clip and tweet combo from Trump being happy to accept the media 'calling' the election in 2016 and not so cool about it...
Show Notes The McNamara Fallacy is committed when someone treats something as important because it is easy to measure, or dismisses something as unimportant because it is hard to measure. Trump We started out by talking about Robert McNamara's use of Vietnamese death toll as a measure of US success during the Vietnam...
Show Notes The Fallacy of Worse Evil is committed when someone acts like something is not a problem because worse problems exist or can be imagined. Trump We started out by talking about this clip of Trump on Coronavirus: We followed that with this clip of Trump defending Russia: And then we looked at Louie...
Show Notes The Appeal to Anonymous Authority is committed when someone cites an authority to back up a claim, but the authority is unnamed, vague or similarly uncheckable. Trump We started out by talking about this clip of Trump claiming the best analysts predicted a stock market crash if Biden was elected Then we...
Show Notes The Accelerating Truth Fallacy is committed when someone uses their own previous assertions as evidence or proof that those assertions are true. Trump We started out with these clips of Trump claiming with more and more certainty that Robert Mueller wanted to be his FBI Director: Mark's British Politics Corner Mark talked about...
Show Notes The No True Scotsman Fallacy is committed when your existing definition of a particular group is challenged by a member who doesn't fit the criteria. Rather than adjust the definition, the offending group member is redefined as a non-member of the group. The name comes from an example given in...
Show Notes The Rhetorical Question Fallacy is a way of accusing people of something while appearing to be 'just asking questions'. Often the questions being asked have already been debunked or already have a satisfactory answer. Trump We started out with this clip of Trump accusing healthcare workers of stealing PPE during a...
Show Notes The Hedging Fallacy is committed when someone changes their story or point of view and then acts like nothing has changed and they always thought like that. Trump We started out with this clip of Trump answering a journalist who asked him why his tone shifted and he started taking the...
Show Notes The Appeal to Flattery Fallacy is committed when someone uses flattery in the place of an argument when convincing someone to accept their point of view. Trump We started out with this Trump tweet about A$AP Rocky: Just spoke to @KanyeWest about his friend A$AP Rocky’s incarceration. I will be calling the...
Show Notes The Wrong Tool Fallacy is committed when someone tries to present evidence for their argument, but the method or tool they are using isn't designed to show what they claim it shows. Trump We started out with this clip of Trump bragging about the Dow Jones: Then we looked at this clip...