Rhetorical Fallacies

“I saw Cady Heron wearing army pants and flip-flops, so I bought army pants and flip-flops.”

Socrates' arguments about human excellence are rubbish. What could a man as ugly as he know about human excellence.

We have to decide if we are going to support school choice or if we are going to support failing schools. Those are the only two options.

In politics, defending one's own policies regarding public safety - "I have worked hard to help eliminate criminal activity. What we need is economic growth that can only come from the hands of leadership."

Everyone drives over the speed limit, so it should not be against the law.

Kevin's dog scratched his leg, and that night he had a fever.

There is a lot of commotion regarding saving the environment. We cannot make this world an Eden. What will happen if it does become Eden? Adam and Eve got bored there!

We cannot unlock our child from the closet because if we do, she will want to roam the house. If we let her roam the house, she will want to roam the neighborhood. If she roams the neighborhood, she will get picked up by a stranger in a van, who will sell her in a sex slavery ring in some other country. Therefore, we should keep her locked up in the closet.

"The rooster crows always before the sun rises, therefore the crowing rooster causes the sun to rise.”

America: Love it or leave it.

My father smoked four packs of cigarettes a day since age fourteen and lived until age sixty-nine. Therefore, smoking really can’t be that bad for you.

We cannot approve of this recycling idea. It was thought of by a bunch of hippie communist weirdos.

Person 1: I think pollution from humans contributes to climate change. Person 2: So, you think humans are directly responsible for extreme weather, like hurricanes, and have caused the droughts in the southwestern U.S.? If that’s the case, maybe we just need to go to the southwest and perform a “rain dance.”

"The temperature has dropped this morning, and I also have a headache. Therefore, the cold weather must be causing my headache. “

“I asked five people in the street what is their favorite color, and four of them said blue. Therefore, 80% of the population prefer blue over any other color.”