Blog Prompt 3: ((This particular blog will not be 300 words or follow the general checklist)
Give your own, original examples for the following ten fallacies, plus two additional fallacies of your own choice (for a total of 12):
1) Begging the Question – Ex. I am always right. Because I said it, I must be correct.
2) Ad Hominem – Ex. You don’t know what you’re talking about you’re a moron.
3) Equivocation – Ex. Muhammad Ali is a goat, but since a goat is the greatest of all time Muhammad Ali must be the greatest of all time.
4) Slippery Slope – Ex. Bob: How did you do on the test? Tom: I cheated, so I got an A. Bob: How is that going to help you with the final exam? Tom: I’ll just cheat again. Bob: eventually, your cheating will lead to you cheating on your wife, work and mortgage. Eventually, you’ll end up divorce, jobless and homeless.
5) Straw Man – Ex. Luke: Salesmen are grimy and manipulative. They tell nothing but lies, so they should all be fired. Brittany: Ludicrous, not all salesmen lie. We should still buy from them, otherwise they’ll be jobless.
6) Tu Quoque – Ex. You say I shouldn’t smoke weed because I’ll become a pothead, but you’re smoking weed, so I don’t trust you.
7) Non-sequitur – Ex. Global warming doesn’t exist just like big foot. If you don’t believe in big foot you shouldn’t believe in global warming.
8) False Dichotomy – Ex. If you don’t do your homework, you might as well drop out.
9) Argument from ignorance – Ex. – No one has every proved that UFO are real, so they must not exist.
10) Red Herring – Ex. – Will Donald Trump win the election? Pete Buttigieg and Bernie Sanders are the Democratic favors. Pete won the Iowa caucuses. Bernie won the New Hampshire primary. Andrew Yang suspended his campaign. What does suspending his campaign mean?
11) Bandwagon – Ex. Everyone is switching from the Golden State Warriors to the Lakers, so you should, too.
12) Gambler’s – Ex. I lost the last few hands, but surely I’ll win by switching tables.
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