Logical
Fallacies
Fallacies
"Sarah loves to watch movies. She'd be a great actor."
Non-sequitur
"You need to be rich to be happy."
Creating False Needs
"I'm voting for Donald Trump because my pastor is."
Appeal to Authority
"I know a few 2nd graders who are really mean. All 2nd graders must be mean, then."
Hasty Generalization
"We can't have a baby killer as a president!"
Biased Language
"Before you listen to her, I want to remind you that she's been charged with embezzlement."
Ad Hominem
"People who cannot go without their coffee every morning are no better than alcoholics."
False Analogy
"If pass gun control laws, next we'll ban all guns, and eventually, the government will take away all our rights."
Slippery Slope
"9 out of 10 dentists recommend this toothpaste."
Appeal to Authority
"Because they can't be proven to not exist, ghosts are real."
Begging the Question
"The cure to mental illnesses is just thinking positively."
Reductivity
"Cameron is dangerous. He lives in a bad neighborhood."
Guilt by Association
"The time children are vaccinated and diagnosed with autism closely correlates, so vaccines cause autism."
Post-hoc
"My client should be acquitted of this crime because he came from a broken home."
Ad Misericordium
"Greta Thunberg's doesn't know anything about climate change because she's just a teenager."
Ad Hominem