g5000
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I've posted on this forum a few times a list of logical fallacies which are frequently used in political debate.
You can see such a list here. Posts 32 and 36.
Trump can barely speak a sentence without employing one of these fallacies, if he isn't outright lying. And defenders of Trump and defenders of the Left often employ them.
Trump's supporters have used a ton of logical fallacies to defend him lately, but there is a new one they have been using which actually is not so new.
Basically, the argument is, "So what if Trump is a bad person, the economy is doing great under him."
This is the "Hitler got the trains running on time" argument. This is the same gambit defense attorneys use for mobsters by claiming their defendants are good people because they hand out free turkeys to the poor at Thanksgiving.
The belief the person they worship can do no wrong is the Halo Effect on steroids.
You can see such a list here. Posts 32 and 36.
Trump can barely speak a sentence without employing one of these fallacies, if he isn't outright lying. And defenders of Trump and defenders of the Left often employ them.
Trump's supporters have used a ton of logical fallacies to defend him lately, but there is a new one they have been using which actually is not so new.
Basically, the argument is, "So what if Trump is a bad person, the economy is doing great under him."
This is the "Hitler got the trains running on time" argument. This is the same gambit defense attorneys use for mobsters by claiming their defendants are good people because they hand out free turkeys to the poor at Thanksgiving.
The belief the person they worship can do no wrong is the Halo Effect on steroids.