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Fallacy Project

A straw man fallacy is taking a person’s argument that is weak and turning it into a big deal and overreacting. This is called the straw man fallacy because a weak argument is one made of straw and it is easily knocked over. A straw man fallacy is a person knocking down the argument and making it a false statement.

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In this video one person says, “I believe that all teachers should get a raise” while the other person argues and says, “So you think that everyone should get a raise because we all have been doing the same jobs we have been doing.” This is a straw man fallacy because one person is talking about a specific thing and people. The other person turns it into a straw man by overreacting and saying that everyone should get a raise in the world just because teachers would. The person also adds in they have been doing the same job they have for years just like everyone else so why should the teachers get the raise.

media type="file" key="IMG_6895.MOV" width="300" height="300" In this video a person says, “I believe fire arms in the United stated should be banned.” Another person then says, “So you think that if someone breaks into your house you don’t want something to protect you.” This is displaying that the second person is making an argument that the first person wasn’t considering. The first believed fire arms should be banned because of incidents happing with people able to get fire arms to kill other people with but the second person is saying it you need it for defense. Which is not true because you can use many other things for self-defense.

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