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'''Liberal logic''' is an argument that has logical appeal to a [[liberal]], but is nonsensical.  Let's build a list:
 
'''Liberal logic''' is an argument that has logical appeal to a [[liberal]], but is nonsensical.  Let's build a list:
  
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* belief that a correlation (e.g., between atheism and suicide) can be disproved by a poor counterexample (e.g., one atheist who remained sane)
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* belief that a [[correlation]] (e.g., between atheism and suicide) can be disproved by a poor [[counterexample]] (e.g., one atheist who remained sane)
 
* [[free speech]] for anything and everything ... except the [[conservative]] truth
 
* [[free speech]] for anything and everything ... except the [[conservative]] truth
 
* an [[atheistic]] culture cannot harm anyone, but saying a prayer in class can cause tremendous harm
 
* an [[atheistic]] culture cannot harm anyone, but saying a prayer in class can cause tremendous harm
 
* increasing spending by government must reduce poverty (no, dependency increases poverty)
 
* increasing spending by government must reduce poverty (no, dependency increases poverty)
 
* insisting on "tolerance" for anything that is anti-[[Christian]], and censorship for anything is [[Christian]]
 
* insisting on "tolerance" for anything that is anti-[[Christian]], and censorship for anything is [[Christian]]
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* teaching abstinence-only does not reduce premarital sex
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* teaching [[abstinence]]-only does not reduce premarital sex
 
* widespread ownership of guns, largely defensive weapons, must not reduce crime
 
* widespread ownership of guns, largely defensive weapons, must not reduce crime
 
* that new laws reducing the gun ownership rate by 0.1% and a subsequent election of a left wing government are not linked
 
* that new laws reducing the gun ownership rate by 0.1% and a subsequent election of a left wing government are not linked
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* that lack of government programs to rehabilitate criminals must not reduce crime
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* that lack of [[government]] programs to rehabilitate criminals must not reduce crime
 
* that increasing taxes must increase government revenue (no, often people work less)
 
* that increasing taxes must increase government revenue (no, often people work less)
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* that just because a university calls a member of staff a professor, that makes him a professor (no, they could be lying) + 
 
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* that providing teenage girls with a vaccine that prevents a sexually transmitted cause of cervical cancer will not lead to promiscuity
 
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Revision as of 21:01, February 16, 2008

Liberal logic is an argument that has logical appeal to a liberal, but is nonsensical. Let's build a list:

  • belief that a correlation (e.g., between atheism and suicide) can be disproved by a poor counterexample (e.g., one atheist who remained sane)
  • free speech for anything and everything ... except the conservative truth
  • an atheistic culture cannot harm anyone, but saying a prayer in class can cause tremendous harm
  • increasing spending by government must reduce poverty (no, dependency increases poverty)
  • insisting on "tolerance" for anything that is anti-Christian, and censorship for anything is Christian
  • teaching abstinence-only does not reduce premarital sex
  • widespread ownership of guns, largely defensive weapons, must not reduce crime
  • that new laws reducing the gun ownership rate by 0.1% and a subsequent election of a left wing government are not linked
  • that lack of government programs to rehabilitate criminals must not reduce crime
  • that increasing taxes must increase government revenue (no, often people work less)


(add to list)

See also