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Aug 29, 2018

Let's Review

Examine almost any "argument" from almost any Republican, and there's a better than even chance you're going to find a logical fallacy.

 Listen to 45* - notice how often he prefaces the stoopid shit that falls out of his face with "Many people are saying".

 Or when practically any given "conservative" tries to make his case by starting with "the American people want / believe / are with me...".

 The Bandwagon Fallacy (aka: Appeal To Popularity) is what an awful lot of these clowns think of as a bedrock principle. Their position is the right one because everybody says so.

(Try to remember these 2 things. 1: The Ford Pinto was once the most popular car in America. And 2: Those nice fat sales numbers didn't keep the gas tanks from exploding)

 Here's the one our "Christian" friends love to use:

...which ties in nicely with:


...and way too often leads right into:


...or:


 A sub-heading under Tu Quoque is False Equivalence (aka: What-About-ism)

 One of the big ones is:

The Anecdotal Fallacy is enshrined forever in The Myth Of The Welfare Queen. The new iteration shows up all the time now in the crap about "Illegal Immigrants Are Murdering White Girls".

 It goes on and on and on.

 Get 'em all: Your Logical Fallacy Is

Or: Information Is Beautiful
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