Asking a question on behalf of somebody.

Why do married men date married women? what are they looking for? Person x asking person y for person x Is there any fallacy in asking someone a question on behalf of someone so that he answers for other people. Am new in this field please help m...

Redraft of "How many logical fallacies are present here?"

>Multi-billion dollar corporation X makes decision Y. Decision Y is made solely in an attempt to bring benefits to group Z. >Person 1, a member of group Z, offers criticism against decision Y, finding it has no possible merit and only causes p...

How many logical fallacies are present here?

I'm able to spot at least one (I'm sure the appeal to authority is here), but could someone break it down and give me a list please? I'm new to philosophy and logic, so I'm not experienced enough to link the mistakes made to examples. You only reall...

Equivocating sexual attraction with sexual activity

From here : "Brian Selem is very brave in coming forward," field director Arthur Schaper begins. "He was not just raped; he was homosexually raped. We have to call it what it is. There is such a political correctness in our culture about this." &...

What fallacy is this transphobe making?

So there is this guy arguing against the legitimacy of Trans people, who's definition of women is A person born with XX chromosomes who is of the nature to give birth.   I pointed out that this excludes infertile women and he responds : I sa...

Appeal to emotions

I've noticed in the personal training and fitness industry is that people who want to hire dietitians and personal trainers, do so under pressure. For example, How serious are you about reaching your goals 1 out of 10? If you are serious about makin...

one religious person says the is wrong to demolish others worship place as per their scriptures , when in comes to athiest , what is their source to say it is wrong

False equivalence?

It's important to a pastor for people to be the best Christians they can be. Similarly, for a football coach for wanting the best players on his team and giving it their best effort. What is wrong with this comparison? 

Proof by Assertion of Blindness

This seems like a logical fallacy, but I can’t quite pin it down. It has elements of ad hominem, and correlation = causation, but seems a bit different. I’m not sure. The fallacy might be thought of as Proof by Other’s Blindness. ...

The comedian's defense

Something I've noticed from comedians in particular, but also late night show hosts, twitter personalities, podcasters, and even journalists/reporters, is the habit of deflecting all criticism by saying that you shouldn't take them seriously:  ...