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Posted by Immortalist on 10/16/36 11:43
"Governor Swill" <governorswill@comcast.net> wrote
>>Gibberrish, please re-type more clearly sir.
>
> Your comprehension will improve as you work more with it in your
> schoolwork.
>
The Appeal to Ridicule is not alowed as a set of premises which warrant such
a conclusion. Maybe you should look at schoolwork differently before you
become embarassed by such neglect of good logic.
The Appeal to Ridicule is a fallacy in which ridicule or mockery is
substituted for evidence in an "argument." This line of "reasoning" has the
following form:
X, which is some form of ridicule is presented (typically directed at the
claim).
Therefore claim C is false.
This sort of "reasoning" is fallacious because mocking a claim does not show
that it is false. This is especially clear in the following example: "1+1=2!
That's the most ridiculous thing I have ever heard!"
It should be noted that showing that a claim is ridiculous through the use
of legitimate methods (such as a non fallacious argument) can make it
reasonable to reject the claim. One form of this line of reasoning is known
as a "reductio ad absurdum" ("reducing to absurdity"). In this sort of
argument, the idea is to show that a contradiction (a statement that must be
false) or an absurd result follows from a claim. For example: "Bill claims
that a member of a minority group cannot be a racist. However, this is
absurd. Think about this: white males are a minority in the world. Given
Bill's claim, it would follow that no white males could be racists. Hence,
the Klan, Nazis, and white supremists are not racist organizations."
Since the claim that the Klan, Nazis, and white supremists are not racist
organizations is clearly absurd, it can be concluded that the claim that a
member of a minority cannot be a racist is false.
Examples of Appeal to Ridicule
"Sure my worthy opponent claims that we should lower tuition, but that is
just laughable."
"Support the ERA? Sure, when the women start paying for the drinks! Hah!
Hah!"
"Those wacky conservatives! They think a strong military is the key to
peace!"
http://www.nizkor.org/features/fallacies/appeal-to-ridicule.html
http://www.nizkor.org/features/fallacies/
> Bedwarmer
http://youtube.com/watch?v=zaDYr284SUk
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