Latin Vocab
amicus, amici
friend
Introducing an irrelevant point into an argument
Red Herring
Appeal to Pity
Prince Edward Island
Charlottetown
Israel
Jerusalem
lex, legis
law
Attacking an opponent's character
Ad Hominem
Pressuring us to do something just b/c others like us are doing it.
Bandwagon
Honduras
Tegucigalpa
Iran
Tehran
via
Road, way
Dismissing a viewpoint on an issue because the speaker is inconsistent in that very thing.
Tu Quoque
Exigency
Dominica
Roseau
Indonesia
Jakarta
duco, ducere
lead, guide
Changing the meaning of a word in the middle of an argument
Equivocation
Getting us to put our good or bad feelings about one thing to another unrelated thing
Transfer
Ecuador
Quito
Cabo Verde
Praia
instruo, instruere
draw up, equip
Assuming that since A happened before B, A must have caused B
Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc
Appeal to Hi-tech
Uruguay
Montevideo
Madagascar
Antananarivo