Charlie: I think we should put more money into schools. Quality public education is so important. Bob: So you're saying we should cut military spending and spend instead on more spiral notebooks and crayons? Guess you want our country to be a weak, defenseless target for terrorists.
A) Straw Man: misrepresenting or twisting someone’s argument so it’s easier to attack and knock down.
B) Ad Hominem: In Latin, this means to the man. When you attach a person’s character instead of the quality of his/her ideas. Tu quoque is a specific type of ad hominem when you basically call someone a hypocrite instead of debating his/her ideas.
C) Hasty Generalization: An inference drawn from insufficient evidence.
D) Sentimental Appeal: Playing on readers’ emotions to distract them from the facts.
I’m really bad in this :(
