AAI Fallacies (to be continued)

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Abusive Ad Hominem

sidetracks the issues by attacking the person

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To Quo Que

Attempts to discredit a person based on their hypocrisy

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Ad Populum/Band Wagon

Convinces by arguing an idea’s popularity (going with the flow)

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Straw Man

A weakened misrepresentation of an opponent’s view

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Guilt by association

uses bad reputation to discredit, discriminate

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Begging the question

using the question itself to jusify

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Non sequitur

draws from a conclusion that doesnt follow the premises (skipping steps in explanation)

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Appeal to ignorance

using lack of evidence as justification

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Appeal to authority

submits testimony from irrlevant/dubious source