Logical Fallacies

A rainbow appeared in the sky the day before basketball tryouts, and I made the team! If there's a rainbow when I try out in the spring, I'm sure I'll make the team again.

• Is this a HASTY GENERALIZATION (a very broad claim based on very little evidence) ?

• Is this a FALSE CAUSATION (the assumption that because two things happened together, one caused the other)?

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I'm not surprised, frankly, that someone who gets lost in his own neighborhood would argue that New York has better pizza than Chicago.

• Is this AD HOMINEM (a personal attack against the opponent)?

• Is this STRAW MAN (a misrepresentation of opponent's position to make it easier to argue against)?

Of course you don't like rap or hip-hop music! You wear the same clothes every day and have zero fashion sense.

• Is this CIRCULAR REASONING (an argument that supports the claim with the claim itself)?

• Is this AD HOMINEM (personal attack against opponent)?

Cassie has no school spirit—she never comes to any of our football games.

guilt by association: a negative association intended to discredit someone or something

• Is this FALSE DICHOTOMY (an argument that presents only two choices when more options exist)?

• Is this GUILT BY ASSOCIATION (a negative association intended to discredit someone or something)?

The number of off-leash dogs I've seen in Livingston is completely unacceptable. Let's make our streets safe again by addressing this dog problem, before our city becomes a haven for criminals.

• Is this BANDWAGON ( the assumption that the popular choice is automatically correct) ?

• Is this RED HERRING ( the use of a completely unrelated topic or idea) ?

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All the popular guys at school are dyeing their hair purple, so you should, too!

• Is this CIRCULAR REASONING ( an argument that supports a claim with the claim itself)?

• Is this BANDWAGON FALLACY (the assumption that the popular choice is automatically correct) ?

• Is this AD HOMINEM (personal attack against opponent) ?

Sure, we haven't given raises to our employees in more than ten years. However, we do pride ourselves on providing customer service in over seven different languages.

• Is this using a RED HERRING ( the use of a completely unrelated topic or idea as a distraction) ?

• Is this using a HASTY GENERALIZATION ( a very broad claim based on very little evidence) ?

• Is this using GUILT BY ASSOCIATION (a negative association intended to discredit someone/something) ?

Dean, the company you work for just filed for bankruptcy! How can I trust you with our money?

• Is this GUILT BY ASSOCIATION (a negative association intended to discredit someone or something) ?

• Is this a HASTY GENERALIZATION (a very broad claim based on very little evidence) ?

• Is this a STRAW MAN (a misrepresentation of an opponents claim to make it easier to argue against) ?

Mayor Kerr wants to create more bicycle lanes in Greenpoint. Why is he forcing us to give up our cars and bike everywhere?

• Is this using BANDWAGON FALLACY (the popular choice has to be the best/right one)?

• Is this using an APPEAL TO NATURE (the assumption that natural things are always good) ?

• Is this using a STRAW MAN ( a misrepresentation of an opponent's position that makes it easier to argue against) ?

Officer, I was only driving as fast as everyone around me. I'm sure I wasn't speeding.

• Is this using BANDWAGON FALLACY (the assumption that the popular choice is automatically correct) ?

• Is this using FALSE CAUSATION ( the assumption that because two things happened together, one caused the other) ?

• Is this using FALSE DICHOTOMY (an argument that presents only two choices when there are obviously more) ?