A Redditor uses a beautiful analogy to explain why it's okay to break up with a suicidal partner

Strayl1ght · 3 months

I can't tell if my standards have gone up or this subreddit has turned into poop.

False Dichotomy

DoctorOMGWTF · 4 months

Did it occur to you that the comments I "chose to show" were the highest rated at the time I posted?

Argument from popularity fallacy

Did it occur to you that after my post, more supportive comments to the OP were upvoted and added? Nah, probably not.

Begging the question

I never said "all male members of /r/atheism are sexist, perverted assholes." You're right, that is total bullshit and also a stupid, obvious strawman. Tell me, would you accept this response from a Catholic? "Sure, if you highlight the pedophiles in any organization, that organization will look bad. But look at all the charity work we do!"

Strawman
Tu Quoque

Would you accept it from a fundamentalist Christian? "Sure, if you pick out just the Bible verses about slaves and oppressing women, any book will look bad. But look at all these verses about loving your fellow man and giving to the poor! Look at how much joy people derive from this book."

Strawman
Tu Quoque

No, you wouldn't. You would expect those people to police their own community.

Moving the goalpost fallacy

You would demand that they strongly renounce those amongst them who are causing harm. And that's what I'm asking of r/atheism.

I do believe the community was doing just that. And ironically, you chose to malign the whole community in an outside condemnation rather than "police the community" yourself.

If so, then call upon your moderators to facilitate intelligent discussion. Ask them to demonstrate compassion, and ask your fellow Redditors to do the same by downvoting their obnoxious comments and publicly calling them out on their behavior. When we raise the social cost of being a bigot, fewer people will be bigots.

Strawman

but this week a 15-year old girl was run out of this community with a barrage of sexual come-ons and woman-hating language

Appeal to emotion
Slippery Slope

If that doesn't concern you at all, then you're just as much a part of the problem as people who justify their misogyny with religion. Think about it.

Argument from shame/coercion

MAC_TRUCK_HITS_BABY · 4 months

Specifically, it's basically pre-emptive ad-hominem

Also known as a Strawman argument.

MAC_TRUCK_HITS_BABY · 4 months

Grippy escalator

I think I found the new name for my band!

MAC_TRUCK_HITS_BABY · 4 months

what do you call the fallacy where somebody is pointing out something, and the counter argument is this person is supposedly distracting from something worse thus hijacking the original point of the debate/question?

It's typically a Red Herring.

MAC_TRUCK_HITS_BABY · 4 months

The classic "B..b..but Clinton!" meme is a Tu Quoque fallacy. It's also known as, "Two wrongs don't make a right."

"Bush lied about WMDs"

"B..b..but Clinton was impeached!"

MAC_TRUCK_HITS_BABY · 4 months

That's probably also a variation of Appeal to Popularity. They're appealing to something commonly known; if it's not commonly known, then it's an appeal to authority if it's not evidential.

MAC_TRUCK_HITS_BABY · 4 months

That would be a strawman argument.

MAC_TRUCK_HITS_BABY · 4 months

I approve of this message ; )

mepper · 5 months

Throughout history there have been tons of incredibly intelligent people that deny that we evolved from monkeys.

Argument from popularity

Throughout history there have been tons of incredibly intelligent people who thought the sun revolved around the earth.

mepper · 5 months

RP is pretty much the least reactionary candidate I can think of

argument from personal experience
unstated major premise

RP would defer regulation of abortion to the states and doesn't think the government has any business being involved in marriage; therefore, his personal views are pretty irrelevant. Same goes for evolution.

Red Herring

mepper · 5 months

Relevant: http://i.imgur.com/bXcty.jpg

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mepper · 5 months

Here's the difference between you and me: you don't have the balls to call me a Paultard in real life.

Argument by intimidation
Unstated major premise

However, we can further qualify the latter fallacy if you will kindly post your cell phone number.

mepper · 5 months

This fucking ignorance makes my blood boil

Ad Hominem
Unstated major premise

You know what's dangerous, TheCannon? Perpetual war that bankrupts us and creates future terrorists.

Post Hoc Ergo Proper Hoc (failure to show a cause-effect)
Slippery Slope fallacy
The exception which proves the rule

Ron Paul is the only candidate, including Obama, that will do his best to prevent a war with Iran and reign in our military empire.

Naked assertion
Begging the question

I'm a proud atheist and a proud Ron Paul supporter.

Argument from personal experience
Argument from anonymous authority
Appeal to emotion

You are a fucking fool.

Ad hominem

Bongpig · 7 months

Correlation does not equal causation
Strawman argument
Guilt by association

idiomorph · 11 months

Americans increasingly aware that Republicans and Democrats are full of shit.

False equivalence
Ad Hominem
Sweeping generalization
Red Herring

bluerooster · 11 months

In a related news, here's a picture of a cat being friends with a mouse.

Knov · 11 months

Argument from anonymous authority
Ad hominem

SeeYouNextWed · 11 months

Even in science there are plenty of "we don't know exactly why things work, but it does".

In science theories are open to being revised or thrown out completely. There are many fields of chiropractice which are not science based and still being practiced. (as the OP referenced regarding adjusting infants)

Knov · 11 months

Dont you know how this works? Any time people disagree with you on Reddit, it's a circle jerk and the hive mind at work.

strawman argument
fallacy of excluded middle

Knov · 11 months

Flawless counter-argument: We need Ron Paul because he is the only voice of reason amongst an increasingly ridiculous and out of touch republican party.

Unsupported major premise.

So not believing in global climate change or evolution is "the voice of reason?"

Knov · 11 months

Even in the light of reddit's anti-ron paul circle jerk

Strawman

EVEN IF you don't agree with his religious ideas or beliefs, he's not going to force them onto you.

Naked assertion unsupported by reality.

He's a man of honor and principle, he's not a fucktard who's going turn an ass puppet for the rich.

Unsupported major premise

Ron Paul: a) doesn't believe in church-state separation; he doesn't believe in evolution; he doesn't believe in global warming; he's a MD who claims there is no such thing as a "medically-necessary" abortion. Whatever "honor and principals" he espouses seems to be something different from logic and rationality.

dyslexic1991 · 11 months

Strawman Argument
Unstated Major Premise
Argument from Anonymous Authority (no pun intended)

thexavier · 11 months

As recently reported in the New York Times, military personnel who identify themselves as “Atheists” have requested chaplains to tend to their spiritual needs.

This sounds a bit ridiculous. Does anyone have any citation for this claim?

I think religion is a form of psychotherapy, and along those lines I think anyone, especially people in a stressful environment, would benefit from being counseled by people who have experience in mental health. Instead of chaplains, the military should employ more psychologists and related therapists -- I could see atheists inquiring about that. But why would an atheist need tending to his "spiritual needs?"

Timbo2702 · 11 months

Everyone's a hypocrite.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

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