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Needling: simply attempting to make the other person angry, without trying to address the argument at hand. Sometimes this is a delaying tactic. ... Straw Man (Fallacy Of Extension): ... Argument From Adverse Consequences (Appeal To Fear, Scare Tactics): saying an opponent must be wrong, because if he is right, then bad things...
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WHAT IS A FALLACY? (TOP OF PAGE) ... • “Fallacy” does not mean “false.” A bad argument, a fallacy (logical evaluation), can contain any combination of true and false statements (factual evaluation), including all true statements. ... The Gambler’s Fallacy | Ad Hominem | Two Wrongs | Scare Tactics | Appeal to pity...
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Scare tactics come in two basic forms: internal and external. With internal scares (appeal to force or threat) the threat comes from the person or group making the argument, while with external scares (appeal to fear) the threat or bad ... A related fallacy is the promise of a reward for some action, or bribery.
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The definition of the fallacy of "scare tactic" that you cite is: "Instead of threatening a consequence onto a person, scare tactics highlight the possible negative outcomes to the extreme, while merely suggesting causality.";
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Free Republic; Browse · Search ... Skip to comments. ... This is an old scare tactic and fallacy that the Dems have used forever it seems. Sounds like the old social security scare crap.
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This is a scare tactic, a logical fallacy so blatant that we can only hope the “Diagnosis” authors blushed when they wrote it. ... The turning point must come soon: Alas, this last point assures us that they did not blush, but were willing to commit the same fallacy again, and with gusto. Threats of doom are simply...
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The environmentalists' proclamations of danger and doom are not honest errors--they are a dishonest scare-tactic to make their anti-industrial policies appealing. ... America's domestic shortage of natural gas is, as Alan Greenspan has observed, "a very serious ... Environmentalists level many objections against LNG-
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