Conservative logic

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'''Conservative logic''' is an argument by [[Conservative]]s that is deceptively attractive to some, but is actually nonsensical. Here are some examples:

# assuming something is true, merely because the [[Bible]] said so (see [[appeal to authority]])
# assuming something is false, merely because "only" a [[liberal]] said it (see [[ad hominem]])
# claiming that the media has a [[liberal bias]], while talk radio has a [[conservative bias]].
# accusing Barack Obama because of people he knows (see [[guilt by association]])
# frequent reliance on [[circular reasoning]], by saying that conservatives promote [[Freedom|individual liberty]] but at the same time restrict personal freedoms such as [[abortion]], [[gay marriage]], and [[stem cell research]].
# claiming that christian prayer is needed in the classroom while resenting prayers and meditations from other religions.
# personal experience dictates personal views, rather than rising above bad and/or unusual experiences and basing one's views on [[logic]]
# accusing Hitler of evolutionary racism when Hitler himself banned all of [[Darwin]]'s works. <ref>[http://www.library.arizona.edu/exhibits/burnedbooks/documents.htm#blacklist List of Books banned by Hitler]</ref>
# saying Ronald Reagan helped to promote freedom during the 80s, when his administration installed US friendly dictatorships in [[Latin America]].
# favoring the idea of [[creationism|Christian creationism]] while ignoring creationism from other religions.
# denying the scientific constants of [[carbon dating]] and the [[Speed of light]] that show the universe is billions of years of old, to say the bible is right (see [[Young Earth Creationism]])
# accusing the [[Community Reinvestment Act]] of causing the [[Financial Crisis of 2008]] when it only made up 6% of the toxic assets.
# claiming [[Bush]] was a good president because we haven't been attacked since 9/11 (see [[Non sequitur]])
# still insisting that [[Iraq]] had [[Weapons of mass destruction]].
# resenting [[Iran]]'s radical Islamic government, without realizing it was created as a reaction to the [[1953 Iranian coup d'état]].
# completely ignoring that Robber Barons from the 19th century, justified their labor abuse with [[Social Darwinism]]. <ref>[http://www.commondreams.org/views05/1129-28.htm]</ref> <ref>[http://74.125.47.132/search?q=cache:G1y6FDRwaMIJ:homepages.ius.edu/MAAPERRY/lessons/SocialDarwinismanditsaffectsontheRobber.ppt+robber+barron+social+darwinism&cd=3&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us&client=firefox-a]</ref>
# saying [[Evolution]] and [[natural selection]] are absurd without actually understanding what they are.
# assuming atheism causes antisemitism while ignoring antisemitism caused by Christians such as [[Martin Luther]] (who's work later helped to inspire [[Nazi]] movement)
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