It doesn't matter why they got an abortion. Abortion is wrong.
Ignoring the evidence, when we ignore evidence don't want to consider for fear they will produce more work or further confusion.
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That municipal administrator wants to create more bicycle lanes in our city. However, many citizens of the city live far from work. It would not be realistic to force us to give up our cars and bike everywhere.
strawman: a misrepresentation of an opponent's position that makes it easier to argue against
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I believe everyone has his or her own idea of what's beautiful in the world. After all, it's the individual who determines what's attractive according to his or her own opinion.
circular reasoning: an argument that supports a claim with the claim itself
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Trust me, this is an innovative solution. Even Elon Musk endorses this platform.
appeal to authority, people often listen to someone famous or powerful, even to a celebrity who has no connection with what's being endorsed.
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I was in the hottest region in the country last summer, but it didn't get high temperatures one day. I think its reputation is exaggerated; it's not that hot.
hasty generalization: a broad claim based on too few observations
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Last year, more people graduated from university and crime dropped. Clearly there's a link between the two.
false cause: the assumption that because two things happened together, one caused the other
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Dr. G's class is so boring! Why are all history classes so dull?
hasty generalization: a broad claim based on too few observations
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You have to vote for this party or the other party. If you vote a third way, you're throwing away your vote.
false dilemma assumes that only two options exist.
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Dr. K has suggested that our program let students take statistics instead of calculus to for course requirements. Frankly, it is puzzling to me that she thinks calculus is a useless subject.
strawman: a misrepresentation of an opponent's position that makes it easier to argue against
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Eating meat can't be wrong. After all, a majority of people in the world eat meat.
bandwagon fallacy: the assumption that the popular choice is automatically correct
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He wants to talk about social benefits, but let me tell you about how taxes are driving our companies overseas.
red herring is an emotionally charged issue brought up to divert attention from something the manipulator wants to avoid.
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The opposition should show how this case is an issue of racial violence, as it can be seen that the police were simply doing their job.
shifting the burden of proof, having to prove an argument true makes their job more difficult; so they try to shift that burden to their opponent.
