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8 Cards in this Set
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Straw Man Argument
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When you attack your opponent's weaker, less relevant arguments, instead of the substantial points
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Red Herring Argument
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Diverts audience's attention from the real issue
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Argument from Tradition
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Saying that something is the best policy because it has always been that way
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Ad Hominem
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Attacking a person instead of the argument
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Fallacy
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Error in logical thinking
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Hasty Generalization
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Basing your evidence on too few examples
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Appeal to Popular Opinion
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Just because it's popular doesn't mean it is, in fact, true
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Slippery Slope Argument
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Arguing that one action will inevitably lead to something else, without evidence to back it up
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