A fallacy
is a mistake in logic rather than fact. Thus, for example, consider the following argument:
"All poodles are purple. Spot is a poodle. Therefore Spot is purple." Although this
argument is based on a false assumption (poodles are not purple), it is not fallacious; in fact,
it is logically correct.
One of the most common fallacies used in political
argument is the fallacy of the ad hominem argument. This means the
"argument from the person." Rather than criticizing an opponents ideas, users of this
fallacy simply insult the person as an individual. President Trump's response to the Mueller
report, which often included hurling the term "witch hunt" at people investigating him
rather than responding to specific charges is an example of the ad hominem
argument.
The argument from authority is also a form of switching the
criterion of truth from abstract judgments of the value of a statement to the person, namely
asserting that something must be the case or must be done a certain way...
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