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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
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what type of fallacy? is it false dilemma?
Somehow, opponents of campus carry believe responsible adults with concealed carry permits are actually dormant criminals, just waiting for the law to sanction guns on campus before cutting loose with sprees of violent crime.
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Hi The sentence isn't that clear. I assume it means something like ... - People who object to campus-carry think that, if it was allowed, the gun-carriers would immediately start opening fire on people Well, yes, that might worry us a bit.
- Hi The sentence isn't that clear.
- I assume it means something like ...
- - People who object to campus-carry think that, if it was allowed, the gun-carriers would immediately start opening fire on people Well, yes, that might worry us a bit.
- But it is also the Fallacy of Exaggeration We don't necessarily think that everyone with a gun will immediately use it but, nevertheless, we still have other - less dramatic - reasons for objecting to people carrying guns on a university campus The fallacy of exaggeration tries to take an opponent's argument and make it look more wild and improbable than it is Dave
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Hi
The sentence isn't that clear. I assume it means something like ...
- People who object to campus-carry think that, if it was allowed, the gun-carriers would immediately start opening fire on people
Well, yes, that might worry us a bit. But it is also the Fallacy of Exaggeration
We don't necessarily think that everyone with a gun will immediately use it but
The sentence isn't that clear. I assume it means something like ...
- People who object to campus-carry think that, if it was allowed, the gun-carriers would immediately start opening fire on people
Well, yes, that might worry us a bit. But it is also the Fallacy of Exaggeration
We don't necessarily think that everyone with a gun will immediately use it but
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Hi
I would say that "avid" means hungry, eager or enthusiastic. It is quite a positive word
If you exaggerate your opponent's argument, you try to make it look wild, absurd, nonsensical, over the top. You try to put your opponent in the position of making a claim that they cannot justify
Not all students with a gun in college would immediately start shooting people - b
I would say that "avid" means hungry, eager or enthusiastic. It is quite a positive word
If you exaggerate your opponent's argument, you try to make it look wild, absurd, nonsensical, over the top. You try to put your opponent in the position of making a claim that they cannot justify
Not all students with a gun in college would immediately start shooting people - b
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thanks a lot man, I appreciate your help. Trying to get an A on this big essay. Feels good getting help.
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