America’s foreign policy versus domestic needs. False equivalence?

Do you take care of a neighbor first while knowing that your own family is in need? Do you personally donate money to charities that you don't have? The same fiscal responsibility each of us exercises (or should exercise) in our homes should carry f...

Trump’s policies as to civil liberties and freedoms.

The point of the discussion with an acquaintance is whether or not Trump’s policies are lessening civil liberties and freedoms in the US.  My position is yes, the respodent’s is no. Their response was a “Gish Gallop” loa...

Fallacies

 Person 1: women should be in charge because men have had it too good for too long. Person 2: If you knew anything about human history you’d know that’s not true, sure while perhaps there may have been relatively more privileges for...

Fallacy?

In regards to illegal immigration, I saw a sign that reads "No one Is illegal on stolen land". 

Hasty generalization?

A man wanted to give me a pamphlet about Jesus, I replied No thank you! His reply...aren't you saved? If you're saved, why don't you want to read about Jesus and the sacrifice that he made? Since your rejecting this pamphlet, it sounds like you're r...

Fallacy?

How can “science” tell you where to draw the line between bad behavior and sickness? If a therapist is to remain neutral in values, then why should one state of mind be considered preferable to another? If guilt is sometimes a misguided ...

Is this a logical fallacy? If this is a logical fallacy, what kind of logical fallacy is this?

"In the past, there was no country called Japan. Mochi was created when Japan was not yet called Japan as it is today. Therefore, Mochi is not a Japanese dish."

is an appeal to authority inherently a fallacy?

What is the fallacy of thinking that things are separate when infact they all add up into one single entity, what is this folly in thought called?

Every Little Helps Nasrudin loaded his ass with wood for the fire, and instead  of sitting in its saddle, sat astride one of the logs. ‘Why don’t you sit in the saddle?’ someone asked. ‘What! and add my weight to what ...

Which fallacy/fallacies is Thomas Jefferson using in Hamilton the musical?

Thomas Jefferson: "If New York's in debt / Why should Virginia bear it? Uh! Our debts are paid, I'm afraid / Don't tax the South, 'cause we got it made in the shade / In Virginia, we plant seeds in the ground / We create. You just wanna move our mon...