(June 27, 2012 at 2:49 pm)Chris.Roth Wrote: A debate may very well be about "winning over the audience", but it's winning them over using an argument. Fallacies are fallacies for a reason. Just because something wins over the audience does not make it true.
Of course it doesn't make it true. However, it gives the audience the perception that it's true - which for a great many people, is indistinguishable from "truth".