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[[Image:Dumbconservatard.jpg|thumb|Typical logical fallacy]] | [[Image:Dumbconservatard.jpg|thumb|Typical logical fallacy]] | ||
It is also widely used by [[Children]]. It comes from [[Greek]]: ''reasoning'' = logos, ''fallacious'' = of or relating to [[phallus]]. | It is also widely used by [[Children]]. It comes from [[Greek]]: ''reasoning'' = logos, ''fallacious'' = of or relating to [[phallus]]. | ||
Here are a few timeless examples to get you started | Here are a few timeless examples to get you started: | ||
*Trees move when the wind blows, therefore trees must cause the wind. | *Trees move when the wind blows, therefore trees must cause the wind. | ||
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Fallacious reasoning (or spurious correlation if you're a sociology faggot) is present in almost all IRC 'debates'.
It is also widely used by Children. It comes from Greek: reasoning = logos, fallacious = of or relating to phallus. Here are a few timeless examples to get you started:
- Trees move when the wind blows, therefore trees must cause the wind.
- People kill other people with guns. People will stop killing each other if we take away their guns.
- People will get mad at one another and be stupid with or without their firearms, so removing their firearms will make no difference whatever to the rate at which people kill each other.
- Many heroin users started with marijuana. If we get rid of marijuana, people will stop using heroin.
- Joan Collins is famous, she's fucked a lot of people, she must be attractive/good in bed
- McDonald's is everywhere, a lot of people eat there, it must be a good place to eat.
- This dog keeps sniffing my crotch, it must be in heat, I should have sex with it
- I have no friends. I also own a hugbox. Therefore, I must have the ass burgers.
- She's bleeding, she must be old enough
Common reactions to fallacious reasoning
See Also
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Languages and Dialects • Grammar, Punctuation, Spelling, Style, and Usage • Rhetorical Strategies • Poetry •
The Politics of Language and Communication • Media • Visual Rhetoric
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