Logical Fallacies
Logical Fallacies
Logical Fallacies
2. Taking a parenting class is as silly as reading a book to learn how to swim. You can only learn by doing.
3. The technology program at our school is top-notch because it’s the best.
7. Either you support building the new highway or not. A vote against us is a vote against growth and prosperity.
8. Banning soda from school is like taking candy from a child. All children like candy and who would hurt a child?
10. Increasing offshore drilling for oil would lead to environmental disaster.
12. Satanist Quarterly reports that 87% of Americans are atheists. Therefore, there is no god.
13. If we pass laws against fully automatic weapons, then it won't be long before we pass laws on all weapons, and
then we will begin to restrict other rights, and finally we will end up living in a communist state. Thus, we should
14. Fred, the Australian, stole my wallet. Thus, all Australians are thieves.
15. Government is like business, so just as business must be sensitive primarily to the bottom line, so also must
government.