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On Motives in Politics1 comment

Null wrote 1 week ago: A common political tactic is to attack a political opponent’s motives instead of his policies. … more →

Tags: Abortion, Economics, Politics, bigot, Conservatives, homophobe, leftists, Liberals, Politics 2

Ms. Blaspheming Bitch - The 10 Commandments of Logical Fallacies:

noroom4angels wrote 1 week ago: The 10 Commandments of Logical Fallacies: Thou shall not attack the person’s character, but the argu … more →

Tags: arguement, bandwagon fallacy, begging the question, Burden of proof, Critical Thinking, ethics, hasty generalization, logicak fallacies, Straw Man Fallacy

Why Do I Hate The Left?1 comment

genuinewitty wrote 3 weeks ago: Since I began writing about the Occupy movement, the most common question I’ve been asked by m … more →

Tags: Occupy Vancouver, Black Bloc, Violence, Politics, Positivity, occupy movement, Anti-violence, Unions, occupy canada

It Gets Bitter

Kiko wrote 3 weeks ago: Warning: the video linked below is contains offensive language, in the form of expletives and offens … more →

Tags: Current Issues, Dan Savage, Bullying, anti-Bible, it gets better

Mark Driscoll, Why You Hitting Yourself?2 comments

Christopher Ian Macfarlane wrote 3 weeks ago: written by Christopher Macfarlane Click image to enlarge A common ad hominem argument made by many p … more →

Tags: Mark Driscoll, contradiction

On Intellectual Savagery: The Evangelical Response to The False Division11 comments

Jonathan Hontz wrote 1 month ago: Black percheron draft horse butt (Photo credit: Wikipedia) I attempted to engage a man in an online … more →

Tags: Philosophy, Philosophy, Civilization, logic, Christianity, Evangelical, Argumentation, Theodore Beale, logical fallacy

McIntyre's rebuttal of Michael Mann's pants-on-fire book129 comments

Anthony Watts wrote 1 month ago: Steve McIntyre is back blogging and writes (links mine): I had also spent some time considering a re … more →

Tags: Book Review, Michael E. Mann, Andrew Montford, Disinformation, mann, Michael Mann, needless, Penn State Investigation Committee, Scientific Community

Logical Fallacies

Anomic Office Drone wrote 1 month ago: YourLogicalFallacyIs.com has a great, free poster available for download that lists and explains 24 … more →

Tags: oh internets, Debate, Philosophy, No True Scotsman, Genetic, Ambiguity, Burden of proof, middle gound, texas sharpshooter

Commenting Guidelines for CoL15 comments

chiefofleast wrote 1 month ago: Hey peeps! In the header tab above you will find a new page, titled “Commenting Guidlines. … more →

Tags: Blogging, Christianity, writing, Guidelines

Character assassination

Disillusioned wrote 1 month ago: Character assassination is an attempt to tarnish a person’s reputation. It may involve exagger … more →

Tags: libel, libel, Defamation, Victim, cyber-bullying, social rejection, Character Assassination, Doublespeak, rumors

Beware: POOR LOGIC & Propaganda Techniques!

StarkFierce wrote 1 month ago: More reasoning fallacies: 1. FAULTY CAUSE: (post hoc ergo propter hoc) mistakes correlation or assoc … more →

Tags: Journalism 2, History, Creative, writing, Crime, good & evil, death; grief;, logic, Politics

The ad hominem

sesquiotic wrote 1 month ago: A favourite tactic of trolls – practically a signature move – is to use abusive, insulting language, … more →

Tags: Communication, Argumentum Ad Hominem, logical fallacy, Debate, Trolls, Arguments, Personal attacks

Have to laugh at You

strategos1971 wrote 1 month ago: Isn’t it funny that when somebody attempts to leave a negative and derogatory comment on your … more →

Tags: administration, Religion, Blog Rules, Religion and Spirituality, Debate, Jesus, Fallacy, Commenting, Christian

Maureen Dowd, Traitor

engineeringthinking wrote 1 month ago: No, Maureen Dowd is not a traitor. At least, I have no evidence that she is. However, by applying th … more →

Tags: emotional blockages, bad science, Rating: Silly, Maureen Dowd, Supreme Court

Distraction, Misdirection and the Art of Verbal Jujitsu.

Richard Cook wrote 1 month ago: Distraction, misdirection and appeals to prejudice are common tools of the defense. Ideally, you kee … more →

Tags: Trial Advocacy, closing arguments, Parables; analogies; fables; storytelling; closing argu, Closing Argument, Analogies

Eagleton, Dawkins, and the Category Dismissal20 comments

jmichaelrios wrote 1 month ago: In the October 19, 2006 issue of the London Review of Books, Terry Eagleton published a scathing rev … more →

Tags: article responses, General Thoughts, Atheism, Christianity, Dawkins, Dialogue, eagleton, God, Philosophy

Doggerel #2: "You're a Girl!"1 comment

Bronze Dog wrote 2 months ago: Welcome back to “Doggerel,” where I discuss words and phrases that are misused, abused, … more →

Tags: Trolls, Doggerel, Fallacies, Critical Thinking, Fundies, Politics 2, sexual stereotypes

Ad Hominem Logical Fallacy

the skeptical teenager wrote 2 months ago: Yesterday I blogged about the logical fallacy known as post hoc ergo propter hoc, or post hoc, and h … more →

Tags: pseudoscience, science thoughts, Science, Skepticism, logic, fallacy frenzy, Homeopathy, Conspiracy Theory, Conspiracy

The Argument in Class3 comments

prolifeatheist wrote 2 months ago: I got into an argument in class today. This happens quite often, though not generally in class, and … more →

Tags: Abortion, Arguments, fetal development, prolife, prolife, Pro-Life, pro-life atheist, prolife atheist, Embryos


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