Logical Fallacies

Question 0

Straw Man

Answer 0

“Gun control advocates won’t be happy until the government takes every firearm from every law abiding citizen and we abolish the second amendment”

Question 1

Ad Hominem

Answer 1

“How are you going to accept the arguments of someone who was convicted of two DUI’s in the 1970’s?”

Question 2

False Cause

Answer 2

“Since smokers disproportionally make up the population of people who are alcoholics , it is clear that tobacco use leads to heavy drinking”

Question 3

Red Herring

Answer 3

Why are people so concerned about whether adults are using marihuana when global warming is going to destroy the planet within the next century?”

Question 4

Slippery Slope

Answer 4

“If we legalize same-sex marriage , it is just a matter if time before polygamy,bestiality,and pedophilia are legal”

Question 5

Bandwagon

Answer 5

The majority of Americans think that OJ murdered two people, It’s unbelievable that he was found not guility”

Question 6

Either / Or Thinking

Answer 6

The senator voted against partial birth abortion. He clearly hates women and wants to take away their reproductive rights”