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Logical Fallacy

What type of logical fallacy is this "Why own a big dog? it is only going to live about 7 years and might attack someone!"

asked on Monday, Nov 15, 2021 11:59:20 PM by

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This is also a subjective bias against big dogs. But it reminds me of the poisoning the well fallacy, and maybe the slippery slope fallacy.

answered on Tuesday, Nov 16, 2021 09:54:28 PM by Jason Mathias

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