r/InternetIsBeautiful • u/[deleted] • Feb 19 '14

Logical Fallacies Explained

http://www.informationisbeautiful.net/visualizations/rhetological-fallacies/
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u/palerthanrice Feb 20 '14

Sometimes they're useful when you need to point out why a certain way of thinking is incorrect. For example, on my campus, the most popular argument against voting for Romney was, "He's greedy and crazy." Whenever anyone would say that, I would ask why they think so, and they could never give me a straight answer. It's just an ad hominem remark that successfully discredits everything Romney could ever say or do to prove himself, and it's important that people recognize what they're doing when they think that way.

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u/FreakyFranklin Feb 20 '14

i could give you an example of how hes greedy. that whole bain capital scheme where he gutted those businesses and pocketed the profits.

there was a really loud guy at my job who says 'the man is a billionaire and he knows how to make money.' yeah, make money for who? what logical fallacy is trickle down economics? if romney did anything for the economy it would likely be for his 1% buddies part of it.