Overreacting sarcastic behavior?

Mr.B: What do you have to prove that your religion is scientific, unlike the other religions? Mr. A: It depends  on the intelligence level of the listener, low levels are unable to believe Mr.B told Mr.A that he committed the Ad Hominem falla...

Because you participate in many extra-curricular activities, you are not going to get good marks this term. Students must choose between doing well academically and having and participating in many extra-curricular activities.

Ben Shapiro's Fallacious Strategy

Ben Shapiro is a well known right-wing propagandist. I never really knew much about him until I started stumbling over Ben Shapiro videos on YouTube and TikTok. It seems like 95% of the videos I've seen focus on transgendered issues. As I understand...

Pseudoscience in advertisments

It's very common to see a sleight of hand in pseudoscience advertising where a claim is made like: you will lose 1 lb a day by taking a supplement, but they fail to mention that their plan includes a 500-calorie-a-day diet. Could this be described b...

“ What’s wrong with believing in an higher power?”

I had a conversation with some very new age people and they always would repeat this .Is this an example of a “Weasel word” and are phrases like this fallacious ? They feel manipulating as hell. Higher power is usually a Euphemism for d...

What fallacy is this

"Murder is good because it's sometimes justified"            First off murder is to unlawfully kill, so can't be justified, but I think they meant kill

Is this an example of something being Self Concealed or maybe motte and Bailey?

1. If someone attends AA meetings and follows the 12 Step program, they will stay sober.  2. So how come allot of people who follow it and attend meetings sometimes relapse sometimes years later while still attending AA meetings? Or someone a f...

god the mob boss

God's ultimatum to humanity is this: either worship me or suffer a fate worse than death in hell for eternity. I know that there are other variations of hell and afterlife, but the most common and traditional version of hell in Christianity and in ...

Can a Appeal to Intent be considered fallacious regarding ethics?

In Ethics can telling someone to avoid judging somebody else actions and consequences but on the "Intent" be considered fallacious? Similar things like just telling someone to use forgiveness and compassion against others unethical behavior almost ...

You think that bacause you're "bad thing".

I know this is a form of Ad Hominem, possibly a form of Appeal to Motive. It's more the form of say stating the other person has come to a certain conclusion "because they're racist" or transphobic and attacking them for that rather than addressing ...