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21 Cards in this Set
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we have ways of making you change your mind
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appeal to force
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but mom, everybodys wearing them
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mob appeal
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there are 7 million poor in this nation. the only answer is a welfare system
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irrelevant thesis
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my opponent has admitted to being an adulterer. so how can we take him seriously on any important issue?
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abusive ad hominem
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wilfred brimley says oatmeal is the right thing to do.
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appeal to authority
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economic equality would be a good idea, except that it comes straight out of the pages of karl marx.
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genetic fallacy
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can you prove there isn't a soul?
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appeal to ignorance
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You've come a long way, baby
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snob appeal
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of course you say children should be seen and not heard. you dont have children
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circumstantial ad hominem
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no good christian would support abortion
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mob appeal
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national health insurance is merely another government boondoggle.
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pooh-pooh
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You say teachers should get higher salaries because they'd be happier on the job? why should they be happier than the rest of us?
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straw man
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a shrewd misrepresentation of an opponents argument --then you disprove that
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straw man
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trying to say that one example disproves the whole argument
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refuting examples
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the parkers are well off, so that defeats tom's whole argument!
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refuting examples
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a diversion designed to pull the argument off track
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red herring
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stupid objections
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trivial objections
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no true scotsman drinks gin.
mcbain drinks gin well then he must not be a true scotsman |
definitional sulk
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i dont know
later : i dont remember |
shifting ground
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avoiding commitment to clear words
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hedging
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wHAT YOUsay about toxic waste dumps is all very good. they smell like rotten eggs. i once tasted a rotten egg and....
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red herring
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