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Slippery Slope- The end is unrelated to what they were actually talking about at the beginning

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Is what we are saying actually bad?

The chain will continue and won’t stop because of the first’s person’s actions(Sliding down the slope and not being able to stop.)

Ex. If you bring down the drinking age than people will be able to drive at 10.

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Bandwagon (Ad Populum)- Clamming Something is correct because of popular opinion

Are you going to follow what everyone does?

If you follow what someone else says everytime that could be bad.

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Ex. You just asked your mom if you can get your ears pierced because all your friends did. And you mother replies by saying,” So if your friends jump off a bridge than you will too?”

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Strawman-Distorting or misrepresenting someone’s argument to mak it easier to defeat

Do you really want to argue with someone that badly?

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Ex.One person says “I like Chinese more than Pizza”, and the respondent says “Well, you must hate Pizza.”

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False Cause-Thinking something happens because of what you did

Could also be known as superstition

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Ex. Every time I go to sleep, the sun goes down. Therefore, my going to sleep causes the sun to set."

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Red herring-Irrelevant information when asked a question

Getting an answer for something you didn’t ask about.

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Ex. So what are your thoughts on lowering taxes? “well taxes are good because we need them for teachers and to build roads.”

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Personal Attack(Ad hominem)- When you attack the person not the argument

your hair is weird so that means your stupid

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Ex.“You have no idea what you're talking about; you've only lived here for six months.”

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Either Or(Falsum Dilema)- Only focused on one pro or con and not on the big picture

Only two options when there are more

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Ex.America: Love it or leave it.

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False cause-When someone thinks its causation but its actually correlation

A relationship between two things or events

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Ex.People died of cancer before cigarettes’ where made so that means that cigarettes’ don’t cause cancer

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False equivalent- When you try to compare things that can’t be compared

not equal

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Ex. Comparing apples to oranges

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