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Added advantages where they were missing.
| failure to behave in a realistic manner and being afraid to upset people
| failure to behave in a realistic manner and being afraid to upset people
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| Plays on others' fear of seeming weak.
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| Creationism is an emotive issue for many people on either side of the debate, so this can be a clever way to side-track sensible argument.
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|slurs anyone who wants to take away defensive weapons
|slurs anyone who wants to take away defensive weapons
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| Appeals to pro-gun-control people's negative stereotypes of gun enthusiasts.
|angers those with guns
|angers those with guns
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| changing the definition of a word to suit one's purposes
| changing the definition of a word to suit one's purposes
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| An insidious way to reframe debate that can be effective if one's opponents are not vigilant or use imprecise thinking.
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| selectively picking out cases that support one's arguments from a wide variety of material and ignoring all the cases that don't
| selectively picking out cases that support one's arguments from a wide variety of material and ignoring all the cases that don't
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| Many people struggle with statistics, so poorly-informed observers may assume the user is correct.
| dishonest and easy to point out counterexamples
| dishonest and easy to point out counterexamples
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| [[Anti-Americanism|Anti-American]] card
| [[Anti-Americanism|Anti-American]] card
| Denying [[ American exceptionalism|American exceptionalism]]. Trouts out false examples of how European countries have better standard of living.
| Denying [[ American exceptionalism|American exceptionalism]]. Trots out false examples of how European countries have better standard of living.
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| Lies or distorts truth in order to win argument.
| Lies or distorts truth in order to win argument.
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| Can impress ill-informed or credulous observers.
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| [[Poe's law|Poe's]] card
| [[Poe's law|Poe's]] card
| Impersonation of [[Conservatives]] to discredit their positions.Liberals often create straw men during this impersonation.
| Impersonation of [[Conservatives]] to discredit their positions. Liberals often create straw men during this impersonation.
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| Adds to negative stereotypes of real conservatives, especially where people have not met many genuine conservatives.
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| claiming that a policy benefits the rich and powerful
| claiming that a policy benefits the rich and powerful
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| Appeals to people's "Robin Hood" impulse to support underdogs and mistrust the wealthy.
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| arguing someone must be right because he has more compassion
| arguing someone must be right because he has more compassion
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| Attempts to paint opponents' pragmatism as cold-heartedness.
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| sabotaging Google searches
| sabotaging Google searches
| [[Rick Santorum]]
| [[Rick Santorum]]
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| Many people still have trouble with new media and struggle to draw correct conclusions from search results.
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