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| occurs when the claim is restated and passed off as evidence |
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| suggests that there are only two choices in a complex situation |
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| fails to recognize that circumstances being compared are very different |
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| a broad claim made on the basis of a few occurances |
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| ties together two unrelated ideas |
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| claim may be true, but argument would be unacceptable to most citizens. More complex, if less definitive, solutions are called for |
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| assumes that events that follow in time have a casual relationship |
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| excuses and weak explanations for their own and others' behavior, avoiding actual causes |
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| maintains that one thing inevitably will cause something else to happen |
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| everyone is doing it, so why shouldn't you? it may be that everyone really isn't doing it -- and in any case, it may not be the right thing to do |
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| frequently used in politics and among competing groups, people leveling accusations using words such as "radical", "tax-and-spend liberal", etc. |
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| exaggerates positions and groups by representing them as extreme and divisive |
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| a diversionary tactic that sets up another's position in a way that can be easily rejected |
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