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<blockquote data-quote="Old Man Jingles" data-source="post: 4511996" data-attributes="member: 18222">This is why I detest you so much as a person.You hide your PERSONAL ATTACKS, and then report others when they do the same to you.False equivalency ... not to mention a personal attack!&nbsp; So Typical of Your Hypocrisy!This line of reasoning fails by limiting the options to two when there are in fact more options to choose from. Sometimes the choices are between one thing, the other thing, or both things together (they don’t exclude each other). Sometimes there is a whole range of options, three, four, five, or a hundred and forty-five. However it may happen, the false dichotomy fallacy errs by oversimplifying the range of options.The false dilemma fallacy is often a manipulative tool designed to polarize the audience, heroicizing one side and demonizing the other. It’s common in political discourse as a way of strong-arming the public into supporting controversial legislation or policies.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Old Man Jingles, post: 4511996, member: 18222"] This is why I detest you so much as a person. You hide your PERSONAL ATTACKS, and then report others when they do the same to you. [B][SIZE=5]False equivalency ... not to mention a [/SIZE][SIZE=7][COLOR=#ff0000]personal attack[/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=5]! [/SIZE] [COLOR=rgb(255, 0, 0)][SIZE=7]So Typical of Your [/SIZE][/COLOR][/B][SIZE=7][COLOR=rgb(255, 0, 0)][B]Hypocrisy[/B][/COLOR][/SIZE][B][COLOR=rgb(255, 0, 0)][SIZE=7]![/SIZE][/COLOR][/B] This line of reasoning fails by limiting the options to two when there are in fact more options to choose from. Sometimes the choices are between one thing, the other thing, or both things together (they don’t exclude each other). Sometimes there is a whole range of options, three, four, five, or a hundred and forty-five. However it may happen, the false dichotomy fallacy errs by oversimplifying the range of options. The false dilemma fallacy is often a manipulative tool designed to polarize the audience, [U]heroicizing one side and demonizing the other[/U]. It’s common in political discourse as a way of strong-arming the public into supporting controversial legislation or policies. [/QUOTE]

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