Logical Fallacy

1. If we ban Hummers because they are bad for the environment eventually the government will ban all cars, so we should not ban Hummers.

• Ad populum

• Slippery slope

• Hasty Generalization

• Either/or

2. Even though it's only the first day, I can tell this is going to be a boring course.

• Ad populum

• Slippery slope

• Hasty Generalization

• Either/or

3. We can either stop using cars or destroy the earth.

• Ad populum

• Slippery slope

• Hasty Generalization

• Either/or

4. We can either stop using cars or destroy the earth.

• Ad populum

• Slippery slope

• Hasty Generalization

• Either/or

5. I drank bottled water and now I am sick, so the water must have made me sick.

• Red Herring

• Straw Man

• Post hoc ergo propter hoc

• Moral Equivalence

6. Filthy and polluting coal should be banned.

• Red Herring

• Begging the Claim

• Post hoc ergo propter hoc

• Moral Equivalence

7. Green Peace's strategies aren't effective because they are all dirty, lazy hippies.

• Ad hominem

• Straw Man

• Post hoc ergo propter hoc

• False Analogy

8. If you were a true American you would support the rights of people to choose whatever vehicle they want.

• Red Herring

• Straw Man

• Ad populum

• False Analogy

9. The level of mercury in seafood may be unsafe, but what will fishers do to support their families?

• Red Herring

• Straw Man

• Ad populum

• Moral Equivalence

10. That parking attendant who gave me a ticket is as bad as Hitler.

• Red Herring

• Straw Man

• Non sequitur

• Moral Equivalence