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| − | There are a number of arguments often brought up ''as if'' they countered a given claim when, in fact, they do not. | + | [[category:message]] |
| + | There are a number of arguments often brought up ''as if'' they countered a given claim when, in fact, they do not. Each of these claims may or may not be true; the point is that they are irrelevant ''even if'' they are true. | ||
* {{l/sub|a sign isn't going to stop a criminal}} | * {{l/sub|a sign isn't going to stop a criminal}} | ||
| + | * {{l/sub|criminals don't obey laws}} | ||
| + | * {{l/sub|everyone is entitled to an opinion}} | ||
| + | * {{l/sub|federal debt is now at an all-time high}} - a claim that can be made whenever there is a deficit | ||
| + | * {{l/sub|government doesn't care about you}} | ||
| + | * {{l/sub|mammals cannot change sex}} | ||
* {{l/sub|Mars is warming}} | * {{l/sub|Mars is warming}} | ||
* {{l/sub|nobody can predict the future}} | * {{l/sub|nobody can predict the future}} | ||
| + | * {{l/sub|other planets are warming}} | ||
* {{l/sub|Pluto is warming}} | * {{l/sub|Pluto is warming}} | ||
* {{l/sub|Switzerland has high gun ownership and low gun crime}} | * {{l/sub|Switzerland has high gun ownership and low gun crime}} | ||
* {{l/sub|that's your argument, not mine}} | * {{l/sub|that's your argument, not mine}} | ||
* {{l/sub|who are you to decide}}? | * {{l/sub|who are you to decide}}? | ||
| + | * {{l/sub|Women have uteruses and ovaries}} | ||
| + | * {{l/sub|you can prove anything on the internet}} | ||
Latest revision as of 17:50, 1 January 2022
There are a number of arguments often brought up as if they countered a given claim when, in fact, they do not. Each of these claims may or may not be true; the point is that they are irrelevant even if they are true.
- a sign isn't going to stop a criminal
- criminals don't obey laws
- everyone is entitled to an opinion
- federal debt is now at an all-time high - a claim that can be made whenever there is a deficit
- government doesn't care about you
- mammals cannot change sex
- Mars is warming
- nobody can predict the future
- other planets are warming
- Pluto is warming
- Switzerland has high gun ownership and low gun crime
- that's your argument, not mine
- who are you to decide?
- Women have uteruses and ovaries
- you can prove anything on the internet