Logical fallacies infographic

a reply to: 3n19m470

Thank buddy, makes sense.

It is often difficult to understand where someone is coming from in the digital world.



Found it...

Did a quick search for it...

Argumentum abusi fallacia...
Argument of the abused fallacy!

a reply to: CharlieSpeirs

You can't seriously imply that I need to find these examples for you--I didn't make that comment to start a debate over the veracity, it's just something I've noticed. Maybe you've become immune from lurking through ATS for so long?

a reply to: SlapMonkey

Maybe.


It was a genuine query though, I've only heard it a couple of times.

a reply to: CharlieSpeirs

Emoticons just don't convey enough information on their own to get a point across sometimes.

a reply to: CharlieSpeirs

The most current trending appeal-to-emotion argument is in reference to MMR and, if you don't vaccinate someone or something, that you prefer the death of that individual and others, even thought the percentage of Americans who contract the disease and die from it is less than 0.002%.

Things like that.

a reply to: SlapMonkey

Yep good one, slipped my mind, I've heard that type of argument a few times.

originally posted by: CharlieSpeirs
a reply to: SlapMonkey

I usually only hear that one when someone brings up children...

A God forbid someone is "fallacious" enough to consider the children...

Maybe you have other examples I haven't seen.

Damn right! I think it's about time that we put children before trucks.