Another Logical Fallacy I Don't Like: Red Herrings (Or Batshit Crazy Tangents)
1: “That kid should stop playing in traffic. Four-year-olds — all children, for that matter — really should be supervised better.”
2: “Traffic is pretty dangerous, but why do you hate children? And what’s wrong with four-year-old children that you don’t seem to like? I don’t like when cars nearly hit me either, and I don’t even play in traffic! And I’m fifty-seven! But really…were you hit by a car before?”
2: “Traffic is pretty dangerous, but why do you hate children? And what’s wrong with four-year-old children that you don’t seem to like? I don’t like when cars nearly hit me either, and I don’t even play in traffic! And I’m fifty-seven! But really…were you hit by a car before?”
posted by Sylvia at 10:34 AM
3 Comments:
LOL! Exactly what Stephen Colbert does with his "Why do you hate Americans," or "Why do you hate God" when one of his guests says something like, "We need to hold the presidency accountable."
are you a lawyer?? :-)
Heh, not yet. I'm a 1L.
(And yeah, CM -- I love Colbert because he does it in a way that makes me laugh my ass off. Can't say I feel the same way about "Papa Bear," though.)
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