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*Person B argues that since Person A wants to cut military funding, he wants to leave the country defenseless to attack

*Person B argues that since Person A wants to cut military funding, he wants to leave the country defenseless to attack

This is fallacious reasoning, because there is no way to know ''why'' person A believes what he does, and Person B has used one reason which suits his own purpose. For example, it's quite possible that Person A wants to cut the program because he wants to change the funding to something which he thinks does a ''better'' job at defending the country.

This is fallacious reasoning, because there is no way to know ''why'' person A believes what he does, and Person B has used one reason which suits his own purpose. For example, it's quite possible that Person A wants to cut the program because he wants to change the funding to something which he thinks does a ''better'' job at defending the country. Person A's idea may include putting more money towards diplomatic efforts.

 

==See also==

==See also==

*[[Nutpicking]], a similar fallacy

*[[Nutpicking]], a similar fallacy