logical ad strawmaninem

An argument that attempts to avoid the issue by insulting an opponent with ugly or unfair names.

• tu quoque

• ad hominem circumstantial

• ad hominem abusive

• genetic fallacy

What kind of logical fallacy is this?

"A mother who tells the pediatrician that she doesn't trust his judgment because he's never been a mother."

• Bandwagon

• Ad Hominem

• Slippery Slope

What kind of fallacy is this?

"A parent who says that the teacher doesn't know how to teach because she graduated from a community college."

• Slippery Slope

• Bandwagon

• Ad Hominem

A misrepresentation of an opponent’s position that makes it easier to argue against

• False Causation

• False Dichotomy

• Hasty Generalization

• Straw Man

Billy - "An apple is a vegetable."  Bobby - "Don't listen to Billy; he failed Spanish class last year. "

• Begging the question

• Hasty generalization

• Ad hominem

• red herring

Why is this a logical fallacy? "Don't listen to Mr. Schrute when he says don't run in the hallways. How can you trust someone who wears khaki pants?"

• It appeals to authority.
• It tells you to do something because it's popular.
• It attacks the person. 
• It gives you an unlikely outcome. 

Person 1: Bicycle infrastructure should be expanded because cycling is a sustainable mode of transportation.

Person 2: We should not build bike lanes because cyclists run red lights and endanger pedestrians.

• BandWagon

• Appeal to authority

• Hasty Generalization

• Straw Man

After Jerry said that we should put more money into education, Warren responded by saying that he was surprised that Jerry hates our country so much.

• ad hominem
• red herring
• straw man
• appeal to pity

Green Peace's strategies aren't effective because they are all dirty, lazy hippies.

• Ad hominem

• Red Herring

• Moral Equivalence

• Begging the Claim

People who don't support the proposed state minimum wage increase hate the poor.

• Moral Equivalence

• Ad hominem

• Begging the Claim

• Straw Man