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What fallacy is committed here?

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Original Question

“It’s unfair to allow biological men to compete in women’s sports. And COVID funding shouldn’t be used to pay for it. But that is what Democrats just supported” 

Answers

3

No fallacy, because no argument was offered. We need premises and a conclusion in order to detect fallacies. (Of course, we could stretch a balloon over a glass of hot air and see if a reasonable inference bounces off.)

opinion. Why are those statements true?

Opinion, opinion, then claim. No fallacies here because there is no argument.

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