Logical Fallacies Of The Left
I would add the strawman fallacy as well as the single cause fallacy the strawman is because they misrepresent arguments often and even repeat the strawman ad nauseam and the single cause fallacy is because they constantly reduce complex and nuanced arguments to simple arguments giving multilogical problems monological solutions they even combine these two fallacies by turning them into.
Logical fallacies of the left. Argument to moderation false compromise middle ground fallacy of the mean argumentum ad temperantiam assuming that a compromise between two positions is always correct. Instead what they do is use any number of logical fallacies to try to toe their party line no matter how absurd their position. Or at least if it does descend into vitriol and childish name calling you ll be in a great position to rhetorically trounce your opponent with sound reasoning and airtight logic. The logical fallacies of the american left wing draft one half of a list of grievances.
While some come in the form of loud glaring inconsistencies others can easily fly under the radar sneaking into everyday meetings and conversations undetected. It s how you frame it. The last unit of this course was devoted entirely to commonly used logical fallacies. Logical fallacies those logical gaps that invalidate arguments aren t always easy to spot.
5 logical fallacies and the ways the left uses them throughout the course of the last year i completed a study of formal and informal logic. Anyone here who isn t on the far left but has ever discussed politics with them knows that the left rarely addresses any issue on its merits. Continuum fallacy fallacy of the beard line drawing fallacy sorites fallacy fallacy of the heap bald man fallacy. We hope this little primer on logical fallacies helps you to navigate future disputes with friends family and unhinged online acquaintances without descending into vitriol or childish name calling.
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But let s start calling out logical fallacies when we hear them.