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This is an opinion.
Unsupported claim or opinion. And as Michael points out in his answer, poisoning the well . |
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answered on Monday, Mar 29, 2021 03:37:27 PM by Bo Bennett, PhD | ||||||||||||
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non sequitur " If we want to reduce the criminal use of guns, we need to figure out how to solve the broken family problem we have in this society." appeal to tradition As to assault rifles, you can use historical perspectives to claim that all guns were “assault” guns at one time or another in history. strawman fallacy The obvious long term intent of the Democrats is to ultimately outlaw all guns. " poisoning the well "The obvious long term intent of the Democrats is to ultimately outlaw all guns. " conspiracy theory The obvious long term intent of the Democrats is to ultimately outlaw all guns. "
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answered on Tuesday, Apr 20, 2021 10:20:00 PM by Jason Mathias | |
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A form of petitio principii (begging the question). It begs the question of what causes the criminal use of guns. This is an effective persuasion technique, by the way, called "thinking past the sale." It would take the form of: "How can we fix the broken family problem that's leading to the criminal use of guns in this country?" When you answer the question, you've accepted the premise (thought past the claim the query was selling).
Amphiboly (ambiguity fallacy). An obvious ploy to change the present meaning of "assault weapon" to win the argument.
This sounds like a slippery slope argument to me. The word "obvious" also suggests the alleged certainty fallacy. ----- It would be good to have Dr. Bo critique our responses and agree/disagree. The respondent gets a "point" every time Dr. Bo agrees. (Not suggesting a real scoring system. Just imaginary points for fun.)
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answered on Tuesday, Mar 30, 2021 08:34:42 AM by Jordan Pine | |
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So, we assume we have a 'broken family problem', and this is then linked to the criminal use of guns. I'm not seeing the connection here, though some elaboration would help to clarify this person's point of view. This could be begging the question but I'd hold off until I got further information.
equivocation since "assault" means two things; it can refer to the charge of assault, or a specific category of weapon.
strawman fallacy. Nowhere is it demonstrated this is the Dems' aim (from what I know, they mostly want sensible background checks and restrictions on certain types of weapons, but Repubs are convinced this is a slippery slope to banning all guns. |
answered on Monday, Mar 29, 2021 10:30:42 PM by TrappedPrior (RotE) | |
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