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The statement seems ironic to me. The word "fleeing" is about running away from something, not running towards something. Regardless, the conclusion reached ("America is the greatest country in the world") is simply a non sequitur as it does not follow. We also can assume an implied premise which would change things a bit: p1. People who free from a country X to country Y are proof that country Y is the greatest country in the world. p2. People are fleeing Afghanistan to America. C. Therefore, America is the greatest country in the world. This is the kind of argumentative acrobatics we need to make this conclusion valid. When we do this, we can see how ridiculous premise 1 is, and just reject that premise as false. |
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answered on Wednesday, Aug 18, 2021 07:03:02 AM by Bo Bennett, PhD | ||||
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affirming the consequent (as it is with any narrative) |
answered on Wednesday, Aug 18, 2021 05:59:26 PM by Kostas Oikonomou | |
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There might be an argument, but for now, it's an unsupported opinion. We could draw out an implicit argument, but you could also ask what the person means, to see if you can parse an explicit one. For a good idea of what the implicit argument would look like, see Dr Bo's comment's above. |
answered on Wednesday, Aug 18, 2021 06:44:46 AM by TrappedPrior (RotE) | |
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