Logical Fallacies
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- Q1
Thompson’s proposal for the wetlands may safely be rejected because last year she was arrested for hunting without a license.
Slippery Slope
Ad Hominem
Bandwagon
Strawman
30s - Q2
Animal experimentation reduces our respect for life. If we don’t respect life, we are likely to be more and more tolerant of violent acts like war and murder. Soon our society will become a battlefield in which everyone constantly fears for their lives. It will be the end of civilization. To prevent this terrible consequence, we should make animal experimentation illegal right now
Strawman
Ad Hominem
Slippery Slope
Bandwagon
30s - Q3
Person 1: Our restaurant’s policy is that nobody under eighteen is admitted after 8 p.m.
Person 2: Why are you against families eating dinner together?
Slippery Slope
Bandwagon
Strawman
Ad Hominem
30s - Q4
I don't think it's a good idea to lower the drinking age. Next thing we know kids will get to drive at age ten, and vote at fifteen. Let kids be kids and adults be adults.
Ad Hominem
Strawman
Slippery Slope
Bandwagon
30s - Q5
Mr. Sims: “You’re not allowed to bring a live horse to school, even if it is Homecoming Week.”
Student: “So you think I’m not responsible enough to care for a living thing?”
Slippery Slope
Ad Hominem
Strawman
Bandwagon
30s - Q6
Today, women want the vote. Tomorrow, they'll want to be doctors and lawyers, and then combat soldiers. Give them that, and before long, they'll insist on taking the initiative in sex. If you want to protect the very meaning of masculinity, you must deny them suffrage.
Slippery Slope
Bandwagon
Ad Hominem
Strawman
30s - Q7
Stanley cups
Ad Hominem
Strawman
Slippery Slope
Bandwagon
30s - Q8
Person 1: I promise to balance the budget in my first year as governor!
Person 2: She promises to balance the budget, but she couldn’t be smart enough because she never ran a business.
Bandwagon
Strawman
Ad Hominem
Slippery Slope
30s - Q9
Person 1: "More tax money should be used to build homeless shelters."
Person 2: "So you’re wanting to expose our children to more crime, like theft?"
Slippery Slope
Ad Hominem
Bandwagon
Strawman
30s - Q10Person 1: I think it is important to enforce minimum-wage legislation so that workers are not exploited.
Person 2: Nonsense. You only say that because you just can’t get a good job!
Slippery Slope
Strawman
Bandwagon
Ad Hominem
30s - Q11
Being a Chiefs fan right now
Slippery Slope
Strawman
Bandwagon
Ad Hominem
30s