ben davidson by Benjamin Davidson https://padlet.com/17davidb/14fytu02wlbh Rhetoric thing en-us 2016-12-16 19:04:13 UTC 2025-11-18 07:54:39 UTC hello@padlet.com Hasty Generalization 17davidb https://padlet.com/17davidb/14fytu02wlbh/wish/144122550 Jumping to conclusions
example: Someone is a bad person because they live in a certain area.]]> 2016-12-16 19:05:41 UTC https://padlet.com/17davidb/14fytu02wlbh/wish/144122550 Slippery Slope 17davidb https://padlet.com/17davidb/14fytu02wlbh/wish/144122849 One thing leads to another.
example Stricter gun laws will lead to no rights. ]]> 2016-12-16 19:07:00 UTC https://padlet.com/17davidb/14fytu02wlbh/wish/144122849 Bandwagon 17davidb https://padlet.com/17davidb/14fytu02wlbh/wish/144123208 Doing something because others do it
example: Flipping water bottles]]> 2016-12-16 19:09:03 UTC https://padlet.com/17davidb/14fytu02wlbh/wish/144123208 Strawman fallacy 17davidb https://padlet.com/17davidb/14fytu02wlbh/wish/144123328 Misrepresenting an argument so it is easier to refute.
example: Saying we should stop welfare and someone saying oh so you hate poor people?]]> 2016-12-16 19:09:45 UTC https://padlet.com/17davidb/14fytu02wlbh/wish/144123328 Appeal to Authority 17davidb https://padlet.com/17davidb/14fytu02wlbh/wish/144124103 Saying something is true because someone important said it is
example: Vaccines cause autism.]]> 2016-12-16 19:13:41 UTC https://padlet.com/17davidb/14fytu02wlbh/wish/144124103 Appeal to Pity 17davidb https://padlet.com/17davidb/14fytu02wlbh/wish/144124443 Essentially trying to guilt trip someone
example: We should have less strict gun laws and someone says you're gonna cause more school shootings.]]> 2016-12-16 19:15:05 UTC https://padlet.com/17davidb/14fytu02wlbh/wish/144124443 Post Hoc 17davidb https://padlet.com/17davidb/14fytu02wlbh/wish/144124950 Assuming causation
example: After switching phones I got robbed, then saying I was robbed because I switched phones.]]> 2016-12-16 19:16:54 UTC https://padlet.com/17davidb/14fytu02wlbh/wish/144124950 Logos 17davidb https://padlet.com/17davidb/14fytu02wlbh/wish/144125544 Using facts to appeal to someone
Someone will die of malaria every 30 seconds.]]> 2016-12-16 19:19:12 UTC https://padlet.com/17davidb/14fytu02wlbh/wish/144125544 Ethos 17davidb https://padlet.com/17davidb/14fytu02wlbh/wish/144125838 Using ethics to appeal to someone
We should switch to GMO crops because we can save more lives, and we ought to have the moral obligation to save as many lives as possible.]]> 2016-12-16 19:20:28 UTC https://padlet.com/17davidb/14fytu02wlbh/wish/144125838 Pathos 17davidb https://padlet.com/17davidb/14fytu02wlbh/wish/144126323 Appeal to emotion
ex. Those sad animal shelter commercials where they show the really cute animals, then tell you they're gonna die if they're not adopted.]]> 2016-12-16 19:22:50 UTC https://padlet.com/17davidb/14fytu02wlbh/wish/144126323