Logical Fallacies

Using facts in a deceitful manner

Incorrectly comparing two things.

Attacking a person's character instead of their argument.

Presenting only the two extremes as outcomes

Asserting that a higher power supports my argument.

Asserting that one thing must have caused another to happen

Asserting that you are right because what you say has always been the case

Omitting information that will weaken your argument

Overwhelming with irrelevant and impossible to understand facts, figures, and data

Reassertion of the same idea to support your argument without providing new evidence.

Asking an opponent to disprove a claim instead of making their own argument

Using a celebrity to support something they are not an expert on

Arguging that popularity makes something acceptable

Offering reasons with no connection to the topic

Trying to get the audience to be on your side because you are not favored to win.

Using language that your audience will misunderstand

Applying a small subset of data to all cases

Oversimplifying an argument in order to more easily refute it

A fake or deceptive argument that proves nothing.

Asserting that a small change will lead to unrelated major changes