Propaganda Prop # 8: False Equivalence
In a video making the rounds on the Internet not long ago, an interviewer asks several science-minded individuals why they believe in evolution and not creationism, and coaxes them into saying that...
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In the previous post about False Equivalence, we mentioned the “Both Sides Do It” tactic, which consists of trying to deflect criticism from Faction A about the behavior of Faction B by maintaining...
View ArticleRedefining Incivility
There was an interesting article recently in USA Today about the anniversary of the Tuscon shooting. Not so interesting in terms of its content, maybe, but interesting in terms of how it was...
View ArticleProtests Against Logical Fallacies
By any measure, the Women’s March that occurred on Jan. 21 was a resounding success, with an estimated participation in Washington of some 470,000 and an estimated participation worldwide of about 4...
View ArticlePropaganda Prop # 9: Deflection
One day, I was talking to a fan of Ben Shapiro’s about his cringe-worthy book The Right Side Of History, which argues that the purportedly peerless “greatness” of Western Civilization can be directly...
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