For example, in “Crowdsourcing Murders”, Beauchamp says, “While anarchist continue to fixate on the leader-killing glory days, it doesn’t seem like any major extremist fraction of any kind nowadays focuses on assassinating democratically-elected leaders” (Beauchamp). They may argue that this proves that patriotism doesn’t lead to lethal actions because in current times assassinations do not target national leaders. They may say violence has nothing to do with the patriotism or the motivation to change the country but that assassinations of ordinary citizens are simply caused by personal conflicts. However, this is an example of False Cause and Effect. This claim makes it seem as if national leaders and their beliefs are the only reason that people feel like assassinations are necessary, when in many cases it could just be an ordinary citizen who is the reason for an assassination. An assassin could target an ordinary citizen for the same exact reason they would target a national leader. If someone feels like an ordinary citizen is threatening their country, it may lead them to do something violent similar to the way that some people think national leaders are threatening their
For example, in “Crowdsourcing Murders”, Beauchamp says, “While anarchist continue to fixate on the leader-killing glory days, it doesn’t seem like any major extremist fraction of any kind nowadays focuses on assassinating democratically-elected leaders” (Beauchamp). They may argue that this proves that patriotism doesn’t lead to lethal actions because in current times assassinations do not target national leaders. They may say violence has nothing to do with the patriotism or the motivation to change the country but that assassinations of ordinary citizens are simply caused by personal conflicts. However, this is an example of False Cause and Effect. This claim makes it seem as if national leaders and their beliefs are the only reason that people feel like assassinations are necessary, when in many cases it could just be an ordinary citizen who is the reason for an assassination. An assassin could target an ordinary citizen for the same exact reason they would target a national leader. If someone feels like an ordinary citizen is threatening their country, it may lead them to do something violent similar to the way that some people think national leaders are threatening their