Definitions
Manipulating an emotional response in place of a valid or compelling argument.
Appeal to Emotion
Vaccines must cause some autism but not all cases.
Middle Ground Fallacy
Person A: "I think we should increase the minimum wage."
Person B: "Well, you're just a high school dropout, so your opinion doesn't matter."
Fallacy Occured
You appealed to popularity or the fact that many people do something as an attempted form of validation.
Bandwagon
An individual suggest you recycle and instead of taking into consideration, you instead point out that the individual never recycles themselves so why would you.
Tu quoque fallacy
Person A: "I believe climate change is largely caused by human activity."
Person B: "Actually, the data on this is still debated in some circles, and there are some scientists who disagree."
No Fallacy Occured
An informal fallacy in which one modifies a prior claim in response to a counterexample by asserting the counterexample is excluded by definition.
No True Scotsman
A juice company claims their product reduces the risk of heart disease because a small study found that people who drank their juice had lower cholesterol.
Texas Sharpshooter Fallacy
Person A: "It’s important to support local businesses."
Person B: "I agree, but that doesn’t mean we should completely ignore the benefits that large corporations bring to the economy, like job creation and tax revenue."
No Fallacy Occured