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'''Sophistry''' (pronounced as SAH-fiss-tree) is a style of argumentation that has superficial appeal but is actually defective.
'''Sophistry''' (pronounced as SAH-fiss-tree) is a style of argumentation that has superficial appeal but is actually defective. Sophistry as a [[noun]] is a subtle, tricky, superficially plausible, but generally fallacious method of reasoning.<ref>"sophistry." Dictionary.com Unabridged. Random House, Inc. 29 Aug. 2010. <Dictionary.com [http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/sophistry http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/sophistry]>.</ref>
Examples:
Examples of Sophistry:
* "impose [[gun control]] to reduce crime"; in fact, guns prevent more crimes than they cause
* "impose [[gun control]] to reduce crime"; in fact, guns prevent more crimes than they cause
* "listen to the experts"; in fact, the [[Best of the Public]] may have insights that far surpass those of the experts
* "listen to the experts"; in fact, the [[Best of the Public]] may have insights that far surpass those of the experts
==Quotations==
To describe what the [[Mainstream media]] and the [[Obama administration]] considers "smart," [[Rush Limbaugh]] once said the following:
{{Cquote|This administration, I was talking a moment ago about how they think they're the smartest and their media buddies think they're the smartest. Well, what the media considers "smart" is what the ancient [[Greek|Greeks]] used to call 'sophistry'. The "sophists" were just teachers of [[rhetoric]], like George Lakoff (rhymes with) is a sophist. All they do is teach rhetoric [...] Is there ever anything that [[Barack Obama|[Obama]]] does that experience has taught us works in terms of job creation? Zilch, zero, nada. In fact, he has used a recession to strike one blow after another against the country and he accomplishes nothing. Another case is immigration. Obama could not wait to jump on Arizona. He could not wait to jump on the governor. He couldn't wait to jump on the legislators out there. He couldn't wait to jump on the people of Arizona to lie about their law, to race bait. This is what he does. That does not require any skill or knowledge. That is sophistry: A person of pure rhetoric. He has failed to address the border problem in any effective way and he's incapable of it.<ref>[[Rush Limbaugh]].[http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/home/daily/site_050510/content/01125106.guest.html Obama's Breathtaking Sophistry], RushLimbaugh.com, May 5, 2010.</ref>}}
==References==
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[[Category:Rhetoric]]
[[Category:Rhetoric]]
[[Category:Liberal Traits]]
[[Category:Liberal Traits]]