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# Distortions of fact.
 
# Distortions of fact.
 
# Extreme pronouncements, which are a form of [[Logical fallacy#overgeneralization|over-generalizations]].
 
# Extreme pronouncements, which are a form of [[Logical fallacy#overgeneralization|over-generalizations]].
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# Intimidation. This may include [[Logical fallacy|Proof by numbers|arguing from the numbers]] or reminding an opponent of the power of the particular individual or group engaging in the intimidation--or of an individual or group for which one claims to speak.
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# Intimidation. This may include [[Logical fallacy#Proof by numbers|arguing from the numbers]] or reminding an opponent of the power of the particular individual or group engaging in the intimidation--or of an individual or group for which one claims to speak.
 
# Facts told out of context.
 
# Facts told out of context.
 
# Sayings that, however factual, fall outside the scope or even off the topic at hand. A [[Law|lawyer]] would say that such facts are "incompetent, irrelevant and immaterial"--because they do not serve to advance a [[logic|logical]] argument, are not properly related to the case at hand, and do not matter.
 
# Sayings that, however factual, fall outside the scope or even off the topic at hand. A [[Law|lawyer]] would say that such facts are "incompetent, irrelevant and immaterial"--because they do not serve to advance a [[logic|logical]] argument, are not properly related to the case at hand, and do not matter.
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