hiteshjr24/gemini_test huggingface dataset:
Statement: A politician arguing that his opponent cannot possibly be a good choice for women because he has been married and divorced five times.
Fallacy: ad hominem
Statement: You've never visited another country, so who cares what you say about immigration reform!
Fallacy: ad hominem
Statement: Why would you trust Paris Hilton to sell health food? She drinks and parties and has multiple partners.
Fallacy: ad hominem
Statement: J: Cats are better than dogs. V: Dogs are better. J: You are a lazy person. You won't even be able to take care of a dog.
Fallacy: ad hominem
Statement: People who don't like K-pop are racist.
Fallacy: ad hominem
Statement: He can't be a great athlete; he cheated on his wife.
Fallacy: ad hominem
Statement: An abusive attack against someone making the argument, instead of the argument itself, is called a/an
Fallacy: ad hominem
Statement: “He’s not a great athlete; he’s a fraud, a cheat and a liar. That’s why not everybody is ‘happy for Lance.'”
Fallacy: ad hominem
Statement: He can't be a great athlete; he didn't adopt the stray dog on the street.
Fallacy: ad hominem
Statement: "She's such a mean teacher and person – that's why she wouldn't raise my grade ONE percent!"
Fallacy: ad hominem
Statement: "Drivers in Richmond are terrible. Why does everyone in a big city drive like that?"
Fallacy: ad hominem
Statement: Layla is a liar! She should not be trusted to be president for student council!
Fallacy: ad hominem
Statement: Mr. Casal is a bad teacher because he stinks.
Fallacy: ad hominem
Statement: You can't be my partner in class because you didn't donate to the Hurricane Sandy fundraiser.
Fallacy: ad hominem
Statement: "He just says that because he's a Republican."
Fallacy: ad hominem
Statement: This trick, which literally means "to the guy," distorts a person's character subtly or blatantly, undermining their reputation regardless of how compelling their point is.
Fallacy: ad hominem
Statement: I don't think we need to talk to the people in the Justice Department about the practicality of enforcing this bill. The Justice Department is full of Democrats, and they are already biased against it.
Fallacy: ad hominem
Statement: “against the man;” attacking the individual rather than their position.
Fallacy: ad hominem
Statement: The political commercials described the mayor as a “monster” who “hated babies” but they never discussed his plans for the city.
Fallacy: ad hominem
Statement: You are clearly just too young to understand this issue!
Fallacy: ad hominem
Statement: You are not a credible resource person. You haven't finished college.
Fallacy: ad hominem
Statement: Matt is running for class president. In his campaign speech he says, "My opponent does not deserve to win. She is a smoker and she cheated on her boyfriend last year."
Fallacy: ad hominem
Statement: "Andrea Starkk has written several books arguing that the media harms women when it comes to body image. But Starkk is an ugly, bitter person, so you shouldn't listen to her."
Fallacy: ad hominem
Statement: The Senator must be wrong on the issue of taxes because he's such a jerk to the people who work for him.
Fallacy: ad hominem
Statement: No one should believe our dear lady Senator who have had an adulterous relationship.
Fallacy: ad hominem
Statement: The candidate for mayor was a really bad baseball player in college! Don't vote for him!
Fallacy: ad hominem
Statement: After Sally presents an eloquent and compelling case for a more equitable taxation system, Sam asks the audience whether we should believe anything from a woman who isn't married, was once arrested, and smells a bit weird.
Fallacy: ad hominem
Statement: , rather than considering the content of what the person is saying?
Fallacy: ad hominem
Statement: A father tells his son not to start smoking as he will regret it when he is older, and the son points out that his father is a smoker. This does not alter the fact that his son may regret smoking when he is older.
Fallacy: ad hominem
Statement: Only fools are out in public right now. Careful people are staying home.
Fallacy: ad hominem
Statement: Dustin: "Why do you always deflect the argument by insulting me?" Ann: "You're ugly and poor!"
Fallacy: ad hominem
Statement: My opponent raised a good point, but can we trust him? I mean he just moved to town only 5 months ago, how much could he really know?
Fallacy: ad hominem
Statement: Student: Hey, Professor Moore, we shouldn't have to read this book by Freud. Everyone knows he used cocaine.
Fallacy: ad hominem
Statement: We cannot approve of this recycling idea. It was thought of by a bunch of hippie communist weirdos.
Fallacy: ad hominem
Statement: I was assigned a personal trainer at the Rec, and he gave me a new workout program. But I don't have any confidence in his expertise, since he has obvious trouble controlling his own appetite.
Fallacy: ad hominem
Statement: Of course Marx' theories about the ideal society are bunk. The guy spent all his time in the library.
Fallacy: ad hominem
Statement: Yeah, I think everyone's opinion counts on moral matters like that, but that Lila sleeps around with anything. I know of at least one marriage she's broken up, so why should her opinion count on anything, much less morality?
Fallacy: ad hominem
Statement: Student: Logical Fallacies have nothing to do with my life and I don’t want to learn them! Teacher: You are too young to understand why it’s important!
Fallacy: ad hominem
Statement: His opinions about sports mean nothing - he can barely tie his own shoes!
Fallacy: ad hominem
Statement: Look at that face! Could anyone trust that to run the country?
Fallacy: ad hominem
Statement: I don't know about you, but I would never take the word of a woman who never finished school.
Fallacy: ad hominem
Statement: Why would you lend money to some who looks like they don't have a job?
Fallacy: ad hominem
Statement: Senator Jones supports a strong national defense, and he wants your vote. I would never vote for a coward like him.
Fallacy: ad hominem
Statement: Cari says that we need a major overhaul in education. Cari gets a speeding ticket every other week, so maybe she should learn how to drive instead of worrying about schools.
Fallacy: ad hominem
Statement: "My opponent raises a really good point, but can we really trust him? He moved to this town three years ago and everyone knows his wife left him.
Fallacy: ad hominem
Statement: Oh, please. What do you know about labor laws? You don't even have a job.
Fallacy: ad hominem
Statement: "Why would you elect a mayor whose wife has been treated for alcohol addiction?"
Fallacy: ad hominem
Statement: In his class president election video, he called his student opponent 'a brown-nosing, suck up who only wanted to get on the teacher's good side,' which got him disqualified
Fallacy: ad hominem
Statement: What she says about Kepler's astronomy theory of the 1600's must be just so much garbage. Do you realize she's only fifteen years old?
Fallacy: ad hominem
Statement: "In the business meeting, she proposed a new advertising plan for the dog food brand, but I found out she actually hates dogs. How can we trust her advertising skills?"
Fallacy: ad hominem
Statement: "Her arguments against the protest were weak. After all, she can't be fair; she works for the government."
Fallacy: ad hominem
Statement: Robert Downey Jr. thinks everyone should vote. However, Robert Downey Jr. once went to prison for drug use. So, he's obviously wrong.
Fallacy: ad hominem
Statement: Don't listen to Senator Bob's opinion. He is a crook, and a spiteful loony man.
Fallacy: ad hominem
Statement: Of course Lou would want to go biking on field trip day - biking is the only thing he ever does! He shouldn't be allowed to choose an activity.
Fallacy: ad hominem
Statement: What can our new math teacher know? Have you seen how fat she is?
Fallacy: ad hominem
Statement: Donald Trump mocked Romney for walking like a penguin. He also repeatedly called Jeb Bush low-energy.
Fallacy: ad hominem
Statement: The senator voted for the tax increase. It's not hard to understand why when you consider that he is a millionaire and has never had to worry about money.
Fallacy: ad hominem
Statement: Dr. Bloom cannot be a competent marriage counselor because he is divorced.
Fallacy: ad hominem
Statement: The research and reasoning that supposedly supports (or that supposedly discredits) this intervention are a joke. The researchers are people who are not methodologically sophisticated and there have been rumors--I have no idea whether they're true or not--that they faked some of the data. The advocates (or opponents) of this intervention are the worst kind of sloppy thinkers. They are fanatical adherents who already have their minds made up; they've become true believers in their cause. They make arguments only a stupid person would accept, and mistakes in reasoning that would make an undergrad psych major blush. These are not the kind of people who deserve to be taken seriously.
Fallacy: ad hominem
Statement: Don't believe what Kim says about global warming. Kim dropped out of college!
Fallacy: ad hominem
Statement: harmful atheists favor cloning, so cloning is wrong
Fallacy: ad hominem
Statement: Researchers are frauds who don’t earn their salaries
Fallacy: ad hominem
Statement: Cat Stevens may be a successful and skilled musician, but let's not forget that he's been accused of extremist religious and political views.
Fallacy: ad hominem
Statement: (1) William Dembski argues that modern biology supports the idea that there is an intelligent designer who created life. (2) Dembski would say that because he’s religious. Therefore: (3) Modern biology doesn’t support intelligent design
Fallacy: ad hominem
Statement: Bill: "I believe that Obamacare is wrong." Dave: "Of course you would say that, you're a Republican." Bill: "What about the arguments I gave to support my position?" Dave: "Those don't count. Like I said, you're a Republican, so you have to support the party line. Further, you are just a lapdog to the Republican incumbent so you can get a job , so I can't believe what you say."
Fallacy: ad hominem
Statement: You oppose a senator's proposal to extend government-funded health care to poor minority children because that senator is a liberal Democrat.
Fallacy: ad hominem
Statement: I cannot listen to anyone who does not share my social and political values.
Fallacy: ad hominem
Statement: during the presidential campaign of 1800, John Adams was called 'a fool, a gross hypocrite and an unprincipled oppressor.' His rival, Thomas Jefferson, on the other hand, was deemed 'an uncivilized atheist, anti-American, a tool for the godless French.'
Fallacy: ad hominem
Statement: Now you tell me she looks presidential, folks. I look presidential
Fallacy: ad hominem
Statement: That's what you'd expect someone like him/her to say
Fallacy: ad hominem
Statement: a movie reviewer who dislikes a Tom Cruise movie because of the actor's religion and tries to impose negative bias in the audience members' minds before they see the film.
Fallacy: ad hominem
Statement: Tony wants us to believe that the origin of life was an “accident”.  Tony is a godless SOB who has spent more time in jail than in church, so the only information we should consider from him is the best way to make license plates.
Fallacy: ad hominem
Statement: Salesman: This car gets better than average gas mileage and is one of the most reliable cars according to Consumer Reports. Will: I doubt it—you obviously just want to sell me that car.
Fallacy: ad hominem
Statement: Of course, your minister says he believes in God.  He would be unemployed otherwise.
Fallacy: ad hominem
Statement: President Trump said that he was proud of the children who participated in this year's Special Olympics. Those kids are a bunch of losers.
Fallacy: ad hominem
Statement: The Democrats support more aggressive gun control laws. Can you believe they want to deny repeat offenders and those on the terrorist watch list their rights?
Fallacy: ad hominem
Statement: Boris is not qualified to make suggestions about our penal system. As an ex-convict, he would always take the criminals’ side.
Fallacy: ad hominem
Statement: She is a teacher in a public school, so any claims that she makes about the public school system are biased and untrue.
Fallacy: ad hominem
Statement: My best friend says you’re a liar, so I’m not going to talk to you.
Fallacy: ad hominem
Statement: The Volkswagen Beetle is an evil car because it was originally designed by Hitler’s army.
Fallacy: ad hominem
Statement: The newspaper editor homeschools his children. So, any claims he makes about the public school system are biased and untrue.
Fallacy: ad hominem
Statement: My doctor is overweight, so I don't believe anything he tells me about improving my health.
Fallacy: ad hominem
Statement: The car was built with cheap parts, so it only goes to show that the car will fall apart.
Fallacy: ad hominem
Statement: You can't believe Bob's idea. He's a socialist.
Fallacy: ad hominem
Statement: My teacher says the Earth is flat, so it definitely is flat.
Fallacy: ad hominem
Statement: The noble forefathers who created this great country did not fail; it is a great country now as it was then, by their very making.
Fallacy: ad hominem
Statement: Having come from the same political party, he is sure to communicate biased and untrue claims about his party-mates
Fallacy: ad hominem
Statement: Hannah argues that because her friend was brainwashed as a child into thinking that people are generally good, people are not generally good.
Fallacy: ad hominem
Statement: My teacher always brings up stuff about Women's Rights. She only cares about it because she is a woman. The stats she shows us are probably bias.
Fallacy: ad hominem
Statement: Don't buy any of the clothes made by that company. Most of them are made in China so they must be cheap.
Fallacy: ad hominem
Statement: You think labor unions are good? You know who else liked labor unions? Karl Marx, that’s who.
Fallacy: ad hominem
Statement: According to Freud, your belief in God stems from your need for a strong father figure. So don’t you see that it’s silly to continue believing in God?
Fallacy: ad hominem
Statement: Before he died, poet Allen Ginsberg argued in favor of legalizing pornography. But Ginsberg's arguments are nothing but trash. Ginsberg was a pot-smoking homosexual and a thoroughgoing advocate of the drug culture.
Fallacy: ad hominem
Statement: You’re a vegetarian? You do realize that Hitler was a vegetarian, too?
Fallacy: ad hominem
Statement: Accused on the 6 o'clock news of corruption and taking bribes, the senator said that we should all be very wary of the things we hear in the media, because we all know how very unreliable the media can be.
Fallacy: ad hominem
Statement: This theory originally occurred to a scientist in the form of a dream; therefore it cannot be valid.
Fallacy: ad hominem
Statement: Since it was a deathbed confession, it must be true.
Fallacy: ad hominem
Statement: Lisa was brainwashed as a child into thinking that people are generally good.  Therefore, people are not generally good.
Fallacy: ad hominem
Statement: He was born to Catholic parents and raised as a Catholic until his confirmation in 8th grade.  Therefore, he is bound to want to defend some Catholic traditions and, therefore, cannot be taken seriously.
Fallacy: ad hominem
Statement: I did not complete my homework last night? Well, you did not do yours last weak either.
Fallacy: ad hominem
Statement: Billy - "Spanish is easy." Bobby - "Don't listen to Billy; he failed Spanish class last year. "
Fallacy: ad hominem
Statement: “But, Dad, I know you had no curfew when you were my age, so how can you give me a curfew?”
Fallacy: ad hominem
Statement: Sandy: "You shouldn’t have that second piece of cake. It’s so fattening." Ralph: "Didn’t you eat an entire tub of ice cream yesterday?"
Fallacy: ad hominem
Statement: How can you tell me I should exercise to lose weight? All you do is sit behind a desk all day. I've never seen you do a lick of exercise.
Fallacy: ad hominem
Statement: All this time that you're telling me to improve, you're being lazy yourself.
Fallacy: ad hominem
Statement: America keeps telling China to be more respecting of journalism, but why don't they stop the American propaganda first?
Fallacy: ad hominem
Statement: Dismissing someone's viewpoint on an issue because he himself is inconsistent in that very thing.
Fallacy: ad hominem
Statement: Senator Jones wants a strong national defense, but I will not vote for him because he moved to Canada to avoid being drafted for war when he was in college.
Fallacy: ad hominem
Statement: My friend told me to quit singing in the car since I have a "bad voice." She sings in the car all of the time!
Fallacy: ad hominem
Statement: Peter: "Based on the arguments I have presented, it is evident that it is morally wrong to use animals for food or clothing." Bill: "But you are wearing a leather jacket and you have a roast beef sandwich in your hand! How can you say that using animals for food and clothing is wrong!"
Fallacy: ad hominem
Statement: Wilma: You cheated on your income tax. Don't you realize that's wrong. Walter: Hey, wait a minute. You cheated on your income tax last year. Or have you forgotten about that?
Fallacy: ad hominem
Statement: Recently, we highlighted a British journalist’s story about the underside of Dubai’s startling ascent. Some in Dubai called foul, including one writer who wants to remind Britons that their own country has a dark side. After all, what to think of a country in which one-fifth of the population lives in poverty?
Fallacy: ad hominem
Statement: Mother: You should stop smoking. It's harmful to your health. Daughter: Why should I listen to you? You started smoking when you were 16!
Fallacy: ad hominem
Statement: There you are cheating on your husband, how could you ever tell us anything meaningful about ethics?
Fallacy: ad hominem
Statement: in response to the claim that "Eating fast food is unhealthy": “But I saw you eat a burger and fries for lunch only a few hours ago!"
Fallacy: ad hominem
Statement: Helga: You should not be eating that... it has been scientifically proven that eating fat burgers are no good for your health. Hugh: You eat fat burgers all the time so that can’t be true.
Fallacy: ad hominem
Statement: Jimmy Swaggart argued strongly against sexual immorality, yet while married, he has had several affairs with prostitutes; therefore, sexual immorality is acceptable.
Fallacy: ad hominem
Statement: Lola: I don't think John would be a good fit to manage this project, because he doesn't have a lot of experience with project management. John: But you don't have a lot of experience in project management either!
Fallacy: ad hominem
Statement: I have been accused of using an ad hominem approach in trying to defend my research. But those who attack me and my research are also using ad hominem. And they started it!
Fallacy: ad hominem
Statement: George: Man, those girls are smokin' hot! Derek: No, they're not. You're a victim of the cheerleader effect. When girls are together in a group, each girl looks a lot better than if you were to see her without the other girls.
Fallacy: ad hominem
Statement: Lucas: I remember when I was about three years old my mother saved me from almost being eaten by a shark. Katie: I doubt that. What you are experiencing is what cognitive psychologists refer to as a "false memory."
Fallacy: ad hominem
Statement: Don’t believe what Alex says about global warming. Alex dropped out of college!
Fallacy: ad hominem
Statement: Martin: All white people are not racists. Charlie: Yes they are. You just believe that because you are white.
Fallacy: ad hominem
Statement: Mom: Remember, dear. Nobody's going to buy the cow if they get the milk for free. Daughter: You are only saying that because you are my mother. Daughter: Wait... did you just call me a cow?
Fallacy: ad hominem
Statement: "Do not listen to Luisa, she will only tell you lies about the recent activities given in our EAPP class."
Fallacy: ad hominem
Statement: Bill: "I believe that abortion is morally wrong." Dave: "Of course you would say that, you’re a priest." Bill: "What about the arguments I gave to support my position?" Dave: "Those don’t count. Like I said, you’re a priest, so you have to say that abortion is wrong. Further, you are just a lackey to the Pope, so I can’t believe what you say."
Fallacy: ad hominem
Statement: Tim: Boss, you heard my side of the story why I think Bill should be fired and not me.  Now, I am sure Bill is going to come to you with some pathetic attempt to weasel out of this lie that he has created.
Fallacy: ad hominem
Statement: I hope I presented my argument clearly.  Now, my opponent will attempt to refute my argument by his own fallacious, incoherent, illogical version of history.
Fallacy: ad hominem
Statement: Gertrude: I am tired of having to fill out these forms all day. Can't we find a more efficient system? Cindy-Lou: If you're not happy with the way we do things, we can find someone who is!
Fallacy: ad hominem
Statement: Steve: In Sweden, college is free for citizens. How come we can't do that here? Ed: If you like Sweden so much, move there. The USA would be glad to be rid of your liberal ass!
Fallacy: ad hominem
Statement: "The mind is like a knife, cutting through difficult problems. But just as too much cutting dulls a knife, so too much education dulls the mind."
Fallacy: fallacy of logic
Statement: "That's why, under my plan, individuals will be required to carry basic health insurance -- just as most states require you to carry auto insurance. Likewise, businesses will be required to either offer their workers health care, or chip in to help cover the cost of their workers." President Obama on Universal Health Coverage (some feel that health insurance and car insurance are different on many fundamental aspects, and this is a bad comparison)
Fallacy: fallacy of logic
Statement: Sandra is an angel from heaven. She gave me a free lunch today.
Fallacy: fallacy of logic
Statement: We live in paradise, but we don't know it.
Fallacy: fallacy of logic
Statement: What is wrong with Tanya? She only has five hundred dollars saved and she’s going away to college next year. That would be like letting my four-year-old brother go to Russia by hisself.
Fallacy: fallacy of logic
Statement: If we can send a woman into outerspace and communicate with them while they are there, then surely we can learn to communicate with one another in our state.
Fallacy: fallacy of logic
Statement: Kids: If you wouldn't eat your dog, why eat a turkey? Go vegan.
Fallacy: fallacy of logic
Statement: If I say that a surgeon should be allowed to use a guidebook to carry out surgery like a student can use open notes on a test, I have made a
Fallacy: fallacy of logic
Statement: It is ridiculous to have spent thousands of dollars to rescue those two whales trapped in the Arctic ice. Why, look at all the people trapped in jobs they don’t like.
Fallacy: fallacy of logic
Statement: The book "Investing for Dummies" really helped me understand my finances better. The book "Chess for Dummies" was written by the same author, was published by the same press, and costs about the same amount, so it would probably help me understand my finances as well.
Fallacy: fallacy of logic
Statement: Not believing in the Tooth Fairy is like denying that the Titanic sank because eye-witnesses did not agree if the ship broke in half before or after it sank.
Fallacy: fallacy of logic
Statement: Santa has a red suit. My dad has a red suit. My dad must be Santa Claus!
Fallacy: fallacy of logic
Statement: We shouldn't let teenagers keep their phones just because they're upset at losing them; most babies cry when you take their toys away too.
Fallacy: fallacy of logic
Statement: "Just like students are given a couple of weeks of preparation before taking exams, doctors should also be given few days or weeks to prepare themselves before an operation or surgery, after all surgery is not as easy task"
Fallacy: fallacy of logic
Statement: Schools are like families; therefore teachers (like parents) should be allowed to discipline their students.
Fallacy: fallacy of logic
Statement: "Cars cause more deaths than firearms do, so if we ban firearms we should also ban cars."
Fallacy: fallacy of logic
Statement: I believe that PNoy is the Abraham Lincoln of the Philippines.
Fallacy: fallacy of logic
Statement: Asking students to sit in the same class for 2 hours is like asking them to wander the desert alone, with no water, for a week.
Fallacy: fallacy of logic
Statement: You passed everyone in the class, so I should get extra credit
Fallacy: fallacy of logic
Statement: "Politicians and diapers must be changed often, and for the same reason."
Fallacy: fallacy of logic
Statement: Not tipping your waiter is like stealing money right out of someone's wallet.
Fallacy: fallacy of logic
Statement: The book Investing for Dummies really helped me understand my finances better. The book Chess for Dummies was written by the same author, was published by the same press, and costs about the same amount, so it would probably help me understand my finances as well.
Fallacy: fallacy of logic
Statement: Since a single human cell becomes a grown man over a period of a few years, then surely it can't be impossible for a single-cell organism to become the human race over a period of several million years.
Fallacy: fallacy of logic
Statement: A cloud is 90 percent water; a watermelon is 90 percent water. Therefore, since a plane can fly through a cloud, a plane can fly through a watermelon.
Fallacy: fallacy of logic
Statement: Smoking cigarettes is just like ingesting arsenic into your system; both have been shown to be causally related to death. If you wouldn't want to take a spoonful of arsenic, I would think that you wouldn't want to continue smoking.
Fallacy: fallacy of logic
Statement: Julie was trying to demonstrate to the audience of her speech that gender inequality is like ordering fast food. "It's not good for us," she said, "but we do it all the time and men tend to go out for a burger and fries more than women do."
Fallacy: fallacy of logic
Statement: Employees are like nails. Just as nails must be hit in the head in order to make them work, so must employees.
Fallacy: fallacy of logic
Statement: People who buy stocks are no different from people who bet on horse racing. They both risk their money with little chance of making a big profit.
Fallacy: fallacy of logic
Statement: Covid-19 is like 10 people doing arts and crafts together and one of them is working with glitter. How many art projects in the group get glitter on them?
Fallacy: fallacy of logic
Statement: People are like dogs. They respond best to clear discipline.
Fallacy: fallacy of logic
Statement: Guns are like hammers--they're both tools with metal parts that could be used to kill someone. And yet it would be ridiculous to restrict the purchase of hammers--so restrictions on purchasing guns are equally ridiculous.
Fallacy: fallacy of logic
Statement: Medical Student: "No one objects to a physician looking up a difficult case in medical books. Why, then, shouldn't students taking a difficult examination be permitted to use their textbooks?"
Fallacy: fallacy of logic
Statement: People who have to have a cup of coffee every morning before they can function have no less a problem than alcoholics who have to have their alcohol each day to sustain them.
Fallacy: fallacy of logic
Statement: Doctors refer to medical books all the time when they are treating patients. In the same way, I should be allowed to use a textbook in my medical exam.
Fallacy: fallacy of logic
Statement: comparison or metaphors to relate ideas or situations that are not really that similar
Fallacy: fallacy of logic
Statement: Hybrid cars are like solar power, full of promise but too expensive. We’ll never be able to build affordable hybrid cars.
Fallacy: fallacy of logic
Statement: Encampment is like basic training. It’s CAP’s equivalent to Boot Camp.
Fallacy: fallacy of logic
Statement: If the state can require car seats for small children and infants, they can just as easily require mothers to breast-feed instead of using formula.
Fallacy: fallacy of logic
Statement: Allowing people to possess guns is like giving a bomb to a bunch of kids.
Fallacy: fallacy of logic
Statement: There were wonderful psychologists who passed away several decades ago. If they could be effective in what they did without reading any of the studies or other articles that have been published in the last several decades, there's no need for me to read any of those works in order to be effective.
Fallacy: fallacy of logic
Statement: FDR was a mighty engine pulling country out of desert of Great Depression
Fallacy: fallacy of logic
Statement: There are seven windows given to animals in the domicile of the head: two nostrils, two eyes, two ears, and a mouth...From this and many other similarities in Nature, too tedious to enumerate, we gather that the number of planets must necessarily be seven.
Fallacy: fallacy of logic
Statement: a mad scientist builds a rocket to the sun but plans to embark at night to avoid being cremated.
Fallacy: fallacy of logic
Statement: the analogy 'animal Auschwitz,' which compares the treatment of animals to the treatment of Jews, gays and other groups during the Nazi era.
Fallacy: fallacy of logic
Statement: surgeons have X-rays to guide them during an operation, lawyers have briefs to guide them during a trial, carpenters have blueprints to guide them when they are building a house. Why, then, shouldn’t students be allowed to look at their textbooks during an examination?
Fallacy: fallacy of logic
Statement: Not believing in the literal resurrection of Jesus because the Bible has errors and contradictions, is like denying that the Titanic sank because eye-witnesses did not agree if the ship broke in half before or after it sank.
Fallacy: fallacy of logic
Statement: Believing in the literal resurrection of Jesus is like believing in the literal existence of zombies.
Fallacy: fallacy of logic
Statement: The solar system reminds me of an atom, with planets orbiting the sun like electrons orbiting the nucleus. We know that electrons can jump from orbit to orbit; so we must look to ancient records for sightings of planets jumping from orbit to orbit also.
Fallacy: fallacy of logic
Statement: Minds, like rivers, can be broad. The broader the river, the shallower it is. Therefore, the broader the mind, the shallower it is.
Fallacy: fallacy of logic
Statement: We have pure food and drug laws; why can't we have laws to keep moviemakers from giving us filth ?
Fallacy: fallacy of logic
Statement: Running the government is like running a business. You can’t keep running into debt and expect to be successful.
Fallacy: fallacy of logic
Statement: If Joe eats greasy food, he will feel sick. Joe feels sick. Therefore, Joe ate greasy food.
Fallacy: fallacy of logic
Statement: People who are psychotic act in a bizarre manner. This person acts in a bizarre manner. Therefore: This person is psychotic.
Fallacy: fallacy of logic
Statement: If this client is competent to stand trial, she will certainly know the answers to at least 80% of the questions on this standardized test. She knows the answers to 87% of the test questions. Therefore she is competent to stand trial.
Fallacy: fallacy of logic
Statement: If I eat fast food for dinner, then I have a stomach ache in the evening. I had a stomach ache this evening. Therefore I ate fast food for dinner.
Fallacy: fallacy of logic
Statement: If Joe robbed a bank then he has a million dollars. Joe has a million dollars, so Joe robbed a bank.
Fallacy: fallacy of logic
Statement: If taxes are lowered, I will have more money to spend. I have more money to spend. Therefore, taxes must have been lowered.
Fallacy: fallacy of logic
Statement: If it’s brown, flush it down. I flushed it down. Therefore, it was brown.
Fallacy: fallacy of logic
Statement: I can’t stop eating these chocolates.  I really love chocolate, or I seriously lack willpower.  I know I really love chocolate; therefore, I cannot lack willpower.
Fallacy: fallacy of logic
Statement: I am going to bed or watching TV.  I am exhausted, so I will go to bed; therefore, I cannot watch TV.
Fallacy: fallacy of logic
Statement: We should stop using hairspray because it is snowing in New York.
Fallacy: fallacy of logic
Statement: All men are mortal, and Socrates is a man, therefore Socrates likes dogs.
Fallacy: fallacy of logic
Statement: She's wearing red shoes. Her favorite color must be red.
Fallacy: fallacy of logic
Statement: Girl:" I'm worried that my friend is mad at me." Friend: "I wonder what you call a male lady bug?"
Fallacy: fallacy of logic
Statement: He has my vote for senator, because he has the best shirts.
Fallacy: fallacy of logic
Statement: We must have a poltergeist in the house. When the dog ran under the table, the vase just seemed to jump off the shelf all by itself.
Fallacy: fallacy of logic
Statement: Good people don't lie. You told a lie. Therefore, you are not a good person.
Fallacy: fallacy of logic
Statement: Person A: "What's the weather like?" Person B: "It's 2:00"
Fallacy: fallacy of logic
Statement: I would have done my homework, but my refrigerator stopped working.
Fallacy: fallacy of logic
Statement: Bats are mammals. Bats can fly. Pigs are also mammals, therefore pigs can fly.
Fallacy: fallacy of logic
Statement: How can I be expected to do my homework when billions of people around the world are throwing their plastic water bottles away without recycling them?
Fallacy: fallacy of logic
Statement: Someone who says something which does not flow logically in the conversation is guilty of using:
Fallacy: fallacy of logic
Statement: My fridge isn't working. I should probably finish that book I've been reading.
Fallacy: fallacy of logic
Statement: "1 is a number and 2 is a number so 1 = 2"
Fallacy: fallacy of logic
Statement: "Men are human. Mary is a human. Therefore, Mary is a man."
Fallacy: fallacy of logic
Statement: "If my hair looks nice, people will love me."
Fallacy: fallacy of logic
Statement: "If you buy a computer, you will become smarter."
Fallacy: fallacy of logic
Statement: "We both like music, so we should get married."
Fallacy: fallacy of logic
Statement: "The research I found on cell phone use in the classroom suggests that students can be distracted when they have access to texting. This leads me to believe that all high school students should not be allowed to have their phones on them at school anytime.
Fallacy: fallacy of logic
Statement: He sometimes behaves violently when I am around him. I don't know what it is that I am doing to make him become so violent.
Fallacy: fallacy of logic
Statement: Cotton and grain crops were lower this year than last. So, people must be stealing them.
Fallacy: fallacy of logic
Statement: Nuclear disarmament is a risk, but everything in life involves a risk. Every time you drive in a car you are taking a risk. If you're willing to drive in a car, you should be willing to have disarmament.
Fallacy: fallacy of logic
Statement: Mrs. Sedik really knows math; she would be an excellent math instructor.
Fallacy: fallacy of logic
Statement: Jim spends most of his spare time hiking and picking up rocks for his collection. He really should go to college and study to become a geologist.
Fallacy: fallacy of logic
Statement: Why should we worry about the negative depiction of women in music videos when thousands of women are dying of AIDS each year?
Fallacy: fallacy of logic
Statement: Tens of thousands of Americans have seen lights in the night sky which they could not identify. The existence of life on other planets is fast becoming certainty !
Fallacy: fallacy of logic
Statement: arguing at length that your religion is of great help to many people. Then, concluding that the teachings of your religion are undoubtably true
Fallacy: fallacy of logic
Statement: Bill lives in a large building, so his apartment must be large."
Fallacy: fallacy of logic
Statement: People generally like to walk on the beach.  Beaches have sand.  Therefore, having sand floors in homes would be a great idea!
Fallacy: fallacy of logic
Statement: Buddy Burger has the greatest food in town.  Buddy Burger was voted #1 by the local paper.  Therefore, Phil, the owner of Buddy Burger, should run for president of the United States.
Fallacy: fallacy of logic
Statement: Ivan: You cannot borrow my car because it turns back into a pumpkin at midnight. Sidney: If you really think that, you’re an idiot. Ivan: That is an ad hominem; therefore, I can’t be an idiot. Sidney: I beg to differ.
Fallacy: fallacy of logic
Statement: Recognising that Amanda had committed a fallacy in arguing that we should eat healthy food because a nutritionist said it was popular, Alyse said we should therefore eat bacon double cheeseburgers every day.
Fallacy: fallacy of logic
Statement: Karen: I am sorry, but if you think man used to ride dinosaurs, then you are obviously not very well educated. Kent:  First of all, I hold a PhD in creation science, so I am well-educated.  Second of all, your ad hominem attack shows that you are wrong, and man did use to ride dinosaurs. Karen:  Getting your PhD in a couple of months, from a “college” in a trailer park, is not being well-educated.  My fallacy in no way is evidence for man riding on dinosaurs, and despite what you may think, the Flintstone’s was not a documentary!
Fallacy: fallacy of logic
Statement: Most Arabs are Muslims and all the 9/11 hijackers were also Muslims. Therefore most Arabs are hijackers.
Fallacy: fallacy of logic
Statement: Poetry is a based on rhythm, and music is based on rhythm, so isn't poetry a kind of music?
Fallacy: fallacy of logic
Statement: Most heroin users started out smoking pot. If you start smoking pot, you’ll end up a heroin user, too.
Fallacy: fallacy of logic
Statement: All lions are animals. All cats are animals. Therefore, all lions are cats.
Fallacy: fallacy of logic
Statement: All ghosts are imaginary. All unicorns are imaginary. Therefore, all ghosts are unicorns.
Fallacy: fallacy of logic
Statement: The lady in the pink dress is Julia Roberts. The reporter thinks Julia Roberts drives a Prius. Therefore, the reporter thinks the lady in the pink dress drives a Prius.
Fallacy: fallacy of logic
Statement: All cats are felines. All dogs are canines. Therefore, all cats are canines.
Fallacy: fallacy of logic
Statement: All Greek gods are mythical. All modern day gods are real. Therefore, all Greek gods are real.
Fallacy: fallacy of logic
Statement: All hotdogs are fast food. No hamburgers are hotdogs. Therefore, no hamburgers are fast food.
Fallacy: fallacy of logic
Statement: All Jim Carrey movies are hilarious. No horror movies are Jim Carrey movies. Therefore, no horror movies are hilarious.
Fallacy: fallacy of logic
Statement: All Catholics are Christian. All Christians are Jesus lovers. Therefore, all Jesus lovers are Catholic.
Fallacy: fallacy of logic
Statement: All Paul Newman movies are great. All great movies are Oscar winners. Therefore, all Oscar winners are Paul Newman movies.
Fallacy: fallacy of logic
Statement: I currently have as patients in my practice all the patients in this town who are willing and able to pay $5,000 per session for long-term twice-weekly therapy. If you buy my practice, all my clients will be included. Therefore, if you buy my practice you will then have at least some patients willing and able to pay $5,000 per session for long-term twice-weekly therapy.
Fallacy: fallacy of logic
Statement: All babysitters have pimples. All babysitter club members are babysitters. Therefore, some babysitter club members have pimples.Example #2: All forest creatures live in the woods. All leprechauns are forest creatures. Therefore, some leprechauns live in the woods.
Fallacy: fallacy of logic
Statement: All forest creatures live in the woods. All leprechauns are forest creatures. Therefore, some leprechauns live in the woods.
Fallacy: fallacy of logic
Statement: All cats are animals. Some pets are cats. Therefore, some pets are not animals.
Fallacy: fallacy of logic
Statement: All boys are sports fans. Some bakers are boys. Therefore, some bakers are not sports fans.
Fallacy: fallacy of logic
Statement: No people under the age of 66 are senior citizens. No senior citizens are children. Therefore, all people under the age of 66 are children.
Fallacy: fallacy of logic
Statement: No donkeys are fish. Some asses are donkeys. Therefore, some asses are fish.
Fallacy: fallacy of logic
Statement: No kangaroos are MMA fighters. Some MMA fighters are not Mormons. Therefore, some Mormons are not kangaroos.
Fallacy: fallacy of logic
Statement: No animals are insects. No insects are dogs. Therefore, no dogs are animals.
Fallacy: fallacy of logic
Statement: In an example used by Sigmund Freud in The Interpretation of Dreams, a man accused by his neighbor of having returned a kettle in a damaged condition offered three arguments: That he had returned the kettle undamaged; That it was already damaged when he borrowed it; That he had never borrowed it in the first place.
Fallacy: fallacy of logic
Statement: I don't believe in God. One reason is that I think he is evil. And by the way, there is no such thing as "evil;" it is just our evaluation of what we believe is wrong.
Fallacy: fallacy of logic
Statement: If this test were based on fraudulent norms, then it would be invalid. But the norms are not fraudulent. Therefore, this test is valid.
Fallacy: fallacy of logic
Statement: If it barks, it is a dog. It doesn’t bark. Therefore, it’s not a dog.
Fallacy: fallacy of logic
Statement: If I have cable, then I have seen a naked lady. I don’t have cable. Therefore, I have never seen a naked lady.
Fallacy: fallacy of logic
Statement: Regime vs. government Pro-death vs. pro-choice
Fallacy: appeal to emotion
Statement: I know you don't like the cat sweater that Grandma knitted for you, but she worked so hard on it, and it will make her happy to see you wear it in the family holiday photo.
Fallacy: appeal to emotion
Statement: We, the people, are going to work together to achieve justice, unity, and integrity.
Fallacy: appeal to emotion
Statement: Which fallacy am I? Combining facts and evidence with words that stir up emotion, with the attempt to manipulate others into accepting the truth of the argument.
Fallacy: appeal to emotion
Statement: Which fallacy is the following example? "By rejecting God, you are rejecting goodness, kindness, and love itself."
Fallacy: appeal to emotion
Statement: I know you don’t like the kitty-cat sweater that Grandma knitted for you, but she worked so hard on it and it will make her happy to see you wear it in the family holiday photo.
Fallacy: appeal to emotion
Statement: A commercial about abandoned animals needing a shelter of a forever home. They ask for a small donation to help these struggling animals.
Fallacy: appeal to emotion
Statement: They are dangerous militants out to destroy our peaceful way of life.
Fallacy: appeal to emotion
Statement: A real estate ad shows a happy family moving in to the home of their dreams.
Fallacy: appeal to emotion
Statement: Using positive words that become associated with something, like company slogans and political advertisements
Fallacy: appeal to emotion
Statement: A commercial shows images of animals in need to persuade the audience to make donations.
Fallacy: appeal to emotion
Statement: "It is an outrage that the school wants to remove the vending machines. This is taking our freedom away!"
Fallacy: appeal to emotion
Statement: Television Advertisement: Get all of your stains out by using new and improved Ultra Suds and wash your blues away!
Fallacy: appeal to emotion
Statement: An advertisement asking people to give to St. Jude Research Center to help children struggling with cancer. You wouldn't want to let these children die, right?
Fallacy: appeal to emotion
Statement: It has a picture which might make people feel sad.
Fallacy: appeal to emotion
Statement: Janice just lost her goldfish and so asks you to give her the benefit of the doubt.
Fallacy: appeal to emotion
Statement: "You will never be satisfied in life if you don’t seize this opportunity. Do you want to live the rest of your years yearning to know what would have happened if you just jumped when you had the chance?" Which appeal is the primary appeal used in this quote?
Fallacy: appeal to emotion
Statement: "I am not unmindful that some of you have come here out of great trials and tribulations. Some of you have come fresh from narrow jail cells. And some of you have come from areas where your quest -- quest for freedom left you battered by the storms of persecution and staggered by the winds of police brutality. You have been the veterans of creative suffering. Continue to work with the faith that unearned suffering is redemptive. Go back to Mississippi, go back to Alabama, go back to South Carolina, go back to Georgia, go back to Louisiana, go back to the slums and ghettos of our northern cities, knowing that somehow this situation can and will be changed."  Which appeal is the primary appeal used in this quote?
Fallacy: appeal to emotion
Statement: Don’t waste food, people in Marawi are suffering because of hunger.
Fallacy: appeal to emotion
Statement: I know you don't like the kitty-cat  sweater that Grandma knitted for you, but she worked so hard on it and it will make her happy to see you wear it in the family holiday photo.
Fallacy: appeal to emotion
Statement: "You'll make the right decision because you have something that not many people do: you have heart."?
Fallacy: appeal to emotion
Statement: "Jews are lice; They cause typhus (Painful/deadly disease)."
Fallacy: appeal to emotion
Statement: What is the appeal being used through this sad little girl?
Fallacy: appeal to emotion
Statement: Words with strong feelings that bring about feelings in the reader. Strong words (+ or -) specifically used to sway the reader
Fallacy: appeal to emotion
Statement: President Kennedy said that research for space travel could help children with eye defects
Fallacy: appeal to emotion
Statement: Power lines cause cancer.  I met a little boy with cancer who lived just 20 miles from a power line who looked into my eyes and said, in his weak voice, “Please do whatever you can so that other kids won’t have to go through what I am going through.”
Fallacy: appeal to emotion
Statement: We have a responsibility to care for this poor lost dog.
Fallacy: appeal to emotion
Statement: an attempt to persuade the reader/audience based on feelings or emotions; emotional response
Fallacy: appeal to emotion
Statement: Last year I wanted to quit school because my friends treated me like an outcast and talked about me to my friends. I felt betrayed and sad all of the time but now I think I have a place at my new middle school.
Fallacy: appeal to emotion
Statement: The sinister fisherman's suspicious smile frightened the innocent children
Fallacy: appeal to emotion
Statement: The uncommunicative strangers seemed unwilling to speak to us, hiding behind the language barrier.
Fallacy: appeal to emotion
Statement: Joe is firm in his principles. The reader admires Joe for not changing his ideas and opinions according to what is popular or advantageous.
Fallacy: appeal to emotion
Statement: The Supreme Court has just flinched from its responsibility to stop the unjust jailing of two journalists―not charged with any wrongdoing―by a runaway prosecutor who will go to any lengths to use the government's contempt power to force them to betray their confidential sources.
Fallacy: appeal to emotion
Statement: We will not rest until we reach a day when not one single veteran falls into homelessness.
Fallacy: appeal to emotion
Statement: Thousands of pets are left homeless and hungry because lousy people turn them out on the streets instead of taking care of them.
Fallacy: appeal to emotion
Statement: You should always eat everything on your plate, think of all the children in Africa who doesn’t always have enough food.
Fallacy: appeal to emotion
Statement: If we don't control Covid-19, it could lead to millions of deaths. Wouldn't it make you sad to live in a country where that had happened?
Fallacy: appeal to emotion
Statement: They cannot take her to jail even if she did rob the bank and take millions of pesos… She is already too old and weak to be locked up.
Fallacy: appeal to emotion