Logical
Fallacies
Fallacies
"Sarah loves to watch movies. She'd be a great actor."
Non-sequitur
My client should be acquitted of this crime because he came from a broken home."
Ad Misericordium
"I have to clean my room because my mom told me to."
Appeal to Authority
"The time children are vaccinated and diagnosed with autism closely correlates, so vaccines cause autism."
Post-hoc
"If you start smoking weed, you'll eventually start smoking crack."
Slippery Slope
"Kim Kardashian wears too much makeup to be a lawyer."
Ad Hominem
"I know a few 2nd graders who are really mean. All 2nd graders must be mean, then."
Hasty Generalization
"Baby killers are trying to steal the election."
Biased Language
"I'm voting for Donald Trump because my pastor is."
Appeal to Authority
"People who cannot go without their coffee every morning are no better than alcoholics."
False Analogy
"You need to be rich to be happy."
Creating False Needs
"Before you listen to her, I want to remind you that she's been charged with embezzlement."
Ad Hominem
"Because they can't be proven to not exist, ghosts are real."
Begging the Question
"We went to war with Iraq because of oil."
Reductivity
"Usher has photos with Diddy, so he must have committed a crime too."
Guilt by Association