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| | *Shall I keep going?... | | *Shall I keep going?... |
| − | Sorry, but not only is your drug-induced logic utterly flawed, but you don't exactly exude intelligence. Forgive me if I don't join your crusade." </ref> | + | Sorry, but not only is your drug-induced logic utterly flawed, but you don't exactly exude intelligence. Forgive me if I don't join your crusade."</ref> |
| | # Pretend to base their opinion on an unverifiable or unusual personal experience, when real [[logic]] would be a better guide | | # Pretend to base their opinion on an unverifiable or unusual personal experience, when real [[logic]] would be a better guide |
| | # Criticize [[Christians]] for literal interpretations of [[Genesis]], but then insist on even more literal interpretations when it suits the [[liberal]] ideology<ref>For example, [[liberals]] here insist that [[homeschooling]] can only mean being taught while in someone's own home.</ref> | | # Criticize [[Christians]] for literal interpretations of [[Genesis]], but then insist on even more literal interpretations when it suits the [[liberal]] ideology<ref>For example, [[liberals]] here insist that [[homeschooling]] can only mean being taught while in someone's own home.</ref> |
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| | # Stating "God of the gaps" to justify atheism | | # Stating "God of the gaps" to justify atheism |
| | # Claiming that the "wondrous, pristine national park of [[ANWR]] needs protection to keep its beauty!" (In reality, it is but a remote barren tundra that few visit.) <ref>[http://townhall.com/columnists/MaryFallin/2008/07/24/anwrs_place_in_our_energy_picture ANWR's Place In Our Energy Picture] Townhall.com, July 24, 2008</ref> | | # Claiming that the "wondrous, pristine national park of [[ANWR]] needs protection to keep its beauty!" (In reality, it is but a remote barren tundra that few visit.) <ref>[http://townhall.com/columnists/MaryFallin/2008/07/24/anwrs_place_in_our_energy_picture ANWR's Place In Our Energy Picture] Townhall.com, July 24, 2008</ref> |
| − | # Claiming that it's not fair to the world that [[America]] keeps the thermostat at 72 degrees at all times. <ref>[http://www.spectator.org/dsp_article.asp?art_id=13459 Freedom and the View From Obamaland] American Spectator, July 1, 2008</ref> | + | # Claiming that it's not fair to the world that [[America]] keeps the thermostat at 72 degrees at all times.<ref>[http://www.spectator.org/dsp_article.asp?art_id=13459 Freedom and the View From Obamaland] American Spectator, July 1, 2008</ref> |
| | # Using a double-standard for racism and sexism when the target person is conservative. | | # Using a double-standard for racism and sexism when the target person is conservative. |
| | # Claiming that it is extremely offensive to call any culture primitive or barbaric, except when they are talking about the writers of the [[Bible]]. | | # Claiming that it is extremely offensive to call any culture primitive or barbaric, except when they are talking about the writers of the [[Bible]]. |
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| | # Assuming that any book espousing a liberal position is automatically authoritative and unquestionable. | | # Assuming that any book espousing a liberal position is automatically authoritative and unquestionable. |
| | # Misplacing the [[burden of proof]]: Liberals insist that things like [[UFO|reports of extraterrestrial visitors]] have to be true until they have been conclusively disproved. | | # Misplacing the [[burden of proof]]: Liberals insist that things like [[UFO|reports of extraterrestrial visitors]] have to be true until they have been conclusively disproved. |
| − | # Claiming that the [[First Amendment]] protects only expression that they like, whereas any expression that [[Logical_fallacy#Appeal_to_pity|offends]] them is subject to [[politically correct]] censorship. | + | # Claiming that the [[First Amendment]] protects only expression that they like, whereas any expression that [[Logical fallacy#Appeal to pity|offends]] them is subject to [[politically correct]] censorship. |
| | # Arguing that an opponent is inconsistent because he does not take silly extreme views, such as complaining that people are pro-life without preserving life in all circumstances. | | # Arguing that an opponent is inconsistent because he does not take silly extreme views, such as complaining that people are pro-life without preserving life in all circumstances. |
| | # Tacitly assuming that their preconceived notions must be true and then dismissing all other explanations as [[Your theory does not work under my theory, so your theory must be wrong|contradicting their preconceived notions]]. | | # Tacitly assuming that their preconceived notions must be true and then dismissing all other explanations as [[Your theory does not work under my theory, so your theory must be wrong|contradicting their preconceived notions]]. |
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| | {{Liberalism}} | | {{Liberalism}} |
| − | [[category:Liberalism]] | + | [[Category:Liberalism]] |
| | [[Category:Logic]] | | [[Category:Logic]] |
| − | [[Category:oxymoron]] | + | [[Category:Oxymoron]] |
| | [[Category:Liberal Traits]] | | [[Category:Liberal Traits]] |