Logical Fallacies

Mods, Admins, COUNTRYMEN!: this is more of a PSA than it is a discussion, so apologies in advance.

TFP is rife with them, and it makes discussions slower than Terry Schiavo. Here's a website outlining what they are so that hopefully we can avoid them and maybe learn something from one another without letting our competitive natures get the better of us.

http://www.logicalfallacies.info/

just so everyone is clear, i'm pretty sure (not positive) that pointing out someone else's logical fallacy is a strawman. so unless you want a fallacy within a fallacy, just do the best you can and expect that others will do the same without criticizing them and getting off-topic.

 

lovely I personally prefer slippery slope fallacies.

 

Pointing out where someone else has committed an error in logic does not a straw-man make.

Also, if someone is making a bad argument, then explaining why it is bad could not be less off-topic.

 

i stand corrected

 

Logical Phallus-y is a polite way of calling someone a dick during an argument. Or so I've been told.

 

i'm of the opinion that arguing the argument gets off topic and if anything, pointing out the flaws in a person's argument is more likely to cause them to think it's an affront on them personally.