Fallacy

It is ridiculous to have spent thousands of dollars to rescue those two whales trapped in the Arctic ice. Why look at all the people trapped in jobs they don’t like

• slippery slope

• red herring

• ad populum

• bandwagon

Plagiarism is deceitful because it is dishonest.

• begging the question

• ad hominem

• hasty generalization

• either or

Water fluoridation affects the brain. Citywide, student’s test scores began to drop five months after fluoridation began

• red herring

• straw man

• Post Hoc (false cause)

• ad populum

I know three redheads who have terrible tempers, and since Annabel has red hair, I’ll bet she has a terrible temper too.

• circular argument

• bandwagon

• ad hominem

• hasty generalization

Supreme Court Justice Byron White was an All-American football player while in college, so how can you say that athletes are dumb?

• Hasty Generalization

• Begging the Question

• Post Hoc (false cause)

• Strawman

Why should we put people on trial when we know they are guilty?

• red herring

• strawman

• Begging the question

• circular argument

You support capital punishment just because you want an “eye for an eye,” but I have several good reasons to believe that capital punishment is fundamentally wrong…

• begging the Question

• Straw man

• red herring

• moral equivalence

The meteorologist predicted the wrong amount of rain for May. Obviously the meteorologist is unreliable.

• Moral Equivalence

• Hasty Generalization

• Post Hoc

• Begging the Question

You know Jane Fonda’s exercise video’s must be worth the money. Look at the great shape she’s in.

• Post Hoc (false cause)

• slippery slope

• circular argument

• Either/Or

We have to stop the tuition increase! The next thing you know, they'll be charging $40,000 a semester!

• Slippery Slope

• ad hominem

• post hoc

• hasty genralization