Showing posts with label Ad Baculum. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ad Baculum. Show all posts

TV host Anthony Bourdain was recently quoted as saying that if Donald Trump is elected as President and succeeded in deporting all illegal immigrants, "every restaurant in America would shut down." Not only is this an appeal to fear (Ad Baculum Fallacy), it's committing a Bifurcation Fallacy. Do you notice any others?

http://www.eater.com/2015/10/29/9638304/anthony-bourdain-donald-trump-immigration
Here's the clip from the movie "Big Miracle" that I showed in class last week. How many logical fallacies can you find in this scene?