Logical fallacies

Everyone is going on the new Keto diet. Why aren't you?

• Red Herring

• Appeal to Authority

• Bandwagon Fallacy

• Slippery Slope

People who want to ban guns don't understand that we are under constant threat. If we ban guns, our homes will get attacked much more often than they do now. Citizens need guns to protect themselves.

• Slippery Slope

• Appeal to emotions

• Red herring

• False dilemma

A free and open press is one of the most important characteristics of a modern society because modern, open societies value the freedom that news outlets have to report on issues.

• Begging the question

• Overstatement

• Red herring

• Bandwagon fallacy

If we ban guns, the next thing you know, we won't be able to defend ourselves against terrorist attacks, and when that happens, terrorists will invade and take control of our country.

• Ad hominem

• Slippery slope

• Ad populum

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

• Red herring

• False Analogy

• Ad hominem

• Non sequitur

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

• Straw man

• False dilemma

• Error in generalizing

• Forced hypothesis

1. People who buy stocks are no different from people who bet on horse racing. They both risk their money with little chance of making a big profit.

• Post hoc fallacy

• False analogy

• Overstatement

• Straw men

If we don’t order pizza for dinner, we’ll have to eat the week-old spaghetti in the fridge

• False analogy

• False dilemma

• Hasty generalization

• Begging the question

My dog is named Max, and he likes to eat dog food. Therefore, everyone named Max likes to eat dog food.

• Non sequitur

• Forced hypothesis

• False analogy

• False dilemma

Everyone clapped after Sophia’s recital, so she must be a wonderful pianist.

• Forced hypothesis

• Ad populum

• Non sequitur

• Begging the question