fallacies

Charlie: I think we should put more money into schools. Quality public education is so important.

Bob: So you’re saying we should cut military spending and spend it instead on more spiral notebooks and crayons? I guess you want our country to be a weak, defenseless target for terrorists.

• Slippery slope

• Appeal to pity

• Straw Man

• Appeal to ignorance

If I don’t take this AP class, then I won’t do well on the exam. If I don’t do well on the AP exam, then I can’t get into a good college. If I can’t get into a good college, then I’ll never get a good job. If I can’t get a good job, then I’m going to have to live in my parents’ basement forever. Guess I’ll sign up for the AP class.

• Slippery Slope

• Hasty Generalization

• Weak Analogy

• Missing the Point

Teacher: If I let you go to the bathroom pretty soon everybody will want to go to the bathroom. This is an example of

• False Dichotomy

• Red Herring

• Straw Man

• Slippery Slope

"The two courses I took at UF were not very interesting. I don't think its a good university."

• Straw man

• Hasty Generalization

• Appeal to ignorance

• Equivocation

"My wife wants to talk about cleaning out the garage, so I asked her what she wants to do with the patio furniture, because it's just sitting in the garage taking up space."

• Red Herring

• Appeal to pity

• Missing the point

• Appeal to ignorance