Which logical fallacy is the right wing most guilty of?

[Pushed To The Left]

Poll question: Which logical fallacy is the right wing most guilty of?

[Ringo84]

1. All of them. (nt)

[droidamus2]

2. Ringo your right

I picked one but they do all seem to apply.

[Guaranteed]

4. That would be a non-sequitur answer. nt

[Mz Pip]

3. I'll go with

appeal to ignorance. They count on an uninformed, ignorant electorate that can be easily manipulated by 30 second sound bites.

Mz Pip
:dem:

[slackmaster]

5. I'd say any single answer to this question would also be a logical fallacy

Specifically a fallacy of composition, the overgeneralization that fallacious behavior by certain conspcuous members of the right wing characterizes all people on the right.

In fact the whole thread could be considered an appeal to scorn.

Of course we who are center to left-of-center are nicer because we use "nice" fallacies like appeals to emotion or popularity.

;-)

[Guaranteed]

7. I'd say we just need more data.

If we had all the data, then we could just report it and know for sure.

But, then, what would be the point of the poll- which, I suppose, is really just a matter of opinion/personal experience?

[slackmaster]

8. Appeal to Pork Barrel Spending

A common tactic used by scientific investigators to further their careers.

;-)

[Guaranteed]

9. LOL nt

[HysteryDiagnosis]

6. That by placing themselves first...... they will be first. n/t

[nuxvomica]

10. You left out "Appeal to Fear"

I think they've used that more than the others.

[clynnc]

11. Republicans are geniuses when it comes to manipulation

Why can't democrats be as dishonest as Republicans? If we were, maybe people would vote for the dems.

[jobycom]

14. Because then we wouldn't be Democrats

We tend to want to solve the problems that are really there, and that requires an honest assessment of those problems. Republicans believe no one will agree with their agenda, so they get elected on other issues and try to sneak their real agenda through. Thus, Roberts and Alito are nominated, not as the final solution to the abortion issue, but as moderate judges who will avoid judicial activism. Iraq is invaded, not as the culmination of a plan Bush's advisors had developed long before he was elected in order to control their oil fields, but as a response to 9-11, an event that took place long after Bush's advisors had drawn up plans.

Welcome to D, clynnc!!:hi:

[jobycom]

12. Sort of a red herring. Shifting debates from a subject they are losing

to a different one with only a vague linguistic connection, so they won't lose the first debate. I call it the "You'd do it for Randolph Scott" award. Often, Bill Clinton is the diversion. "Bush lied about WMDs to start a war that slaughtered hundreds of thousands of people." "You want to talk about liars, let's talk about Bill Clinton." That way, they don't have to admit Bush lied, and thus they can hold on to their entire framework of lies.

Other misdirects:

**Gay marriage turns into bestiality/questions about natural versus perversion.
**Failure of Katrina response turns into blaming Nagin/Blanco/Landrieu for buses/evacuation glitches/crushed cars/etc, as if these excuse Bush's failures.
**Failure of Bush to defend against an attack he had been warned about before 9-11 turns into debunked myths about UBL's head on a platter/Oliver North warning Al Gore about UBL/lists of unconnected terrorist attacks which Clinton supposedly didn't respond to. This one forks nicely into the "Bill Clinton should have kept his pants zipped" divert when you actually debunk their claims of Clinton's inactions.
**Statistics and proof of Bush's failure are also met with Bill Clinton diverts: "At least he isn't cheating on his wife with an intern."

etc.

[The Night Owl]

13. Double Standards

The most common debate tactic that I see many right wingers embrace is the use of double-standards.

[dajoki]

15. One of the things...

(and there were many) that stands out to me about the 2000 campaign was when I saw a WV coal miner being interviewed. Of all the issues he could have remarked on, including wages, job safety, health care, social security, etc., etc. He said "Gore ain't gonna take my guns". That's ignorance.

[NMMNG]

16. Slippery Slope

If we let gays get married next thing you know people will want to marry their brothers/sisters, their children, their pets, their furniture--where will it end?!?!



If we allow the morning-after pill to be sold over the counter next thing you know 11-year-olds will be slipping them to their dates so they can romp in the hay!!!


The HPV vaccine is not a life saving device, it is permission for women to become raving harlots!!!

[LincolnMcGrath]

17. The right wingers here on DU howling to be referred to as Centrists?

Or are you talking GOP?