(August 30, 2017 at 10:11 am)Mister Agenda Wrote:RoadRunner79 Wrote:I do think that much of this is mostly rhetoric, so that they can avoid evidence that is unpalatable to them without thinking. Hence the constant shifting. However try dismissing what they want to present as just testimony and no evidence, and see how quickly the name calling starts again.
Both appeal to motivation and poisoning the well are fallacious.
If I am using them as an argument, which I am not. Also just having a little fun, considering previous posts.
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