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What type of logical fallacy is the statement: "All millennials are karens"?

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Hasty Generalization: Conclusion based on a small sample size, rather than looking at statistics that are much more in line with the typical or average situation.

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Republicans are racists.

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Hasty Generalization: Conclusion based on a small sample size, rather than looking at statistics that are much more in line with the typical or average situation.

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“People nowadays only vote with their emotions instead of their brains.”

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Hasty Generalization: Conclusion based on a small sample size, rather than looking at statistics that are much more in line with the typical or average situation.

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What logical fallacy is present in the statement: "Parents today would rather their kids suppress their identity rather than just be who they are even if it doesn't go with the norm."?

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Hasty Generalization: Conclusion based on a small sample size, rather than looking at statistics that are much more in line with the typical or average situation.

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People who read are smart.

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Hasty Generalization: Conclusion based on a small sample size, rather than looking at statistics that are much more in line with the typical or average situation.

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Identify the logical fallacy in the following exchange: person 1 : "We should argue with logic facts" person 2: "You should grow a brain before you open your mouth"

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Ad hominem: attacking the person making the argument, rather than the argument itself

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Identify the logical fallacy: Person 1: "I am for raising the minimum wage in our state." Person 2: "She is for raising the minimum wage, but she is not smart enough to even run a business."

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Ad hominem: attacking the person making the argument, rather than the argument itself

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Lily says the sun is fully risen at 5:00am, but how would she know she sleeps in until noon.

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Ad hominem: attacking the person making the argument, rather than the argument itself

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"My wife wants to talk about cleaning out the garage, so I asked her what she wants to do with our patio furniture. Now she’s shopping for new patio furniture and not asking me about the garage."

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Red Herring: redirecting the argument to another issue to which the person doing the redirecting can better respond. The deliberate diversion of attention with the intention of trying to abandon the original argument.

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What type of logical fallacy is demonstrated in the conversation: dude #1: "I support Black Lives Matter's mission to establish and put into better practice restorative justice..."
dude #2: But don't all lives matter?
dude #1: Of course, but I'm telling you about the mission of BLM.

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Red Herring: redirecting the argument to another issue to which the person doing the redirecting can better respond. The deliberate diversion of attention with the intention of trying to abandon the original argument.