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# Testimonials. This is a form of [[Logical fallacy#Proof by authority|argumentum ab auctoritate]]. A "celebrity endorsement" is a prime example. So, too, is any speech or essay by one publicly celebrated as an athlete, actor in any form of [[theater]], or other such person, on a subject in which the author has no legitimate expertise.
 
# Testimonials. This is a form of [[Logical fallacy#Proof by authority|argumentum ab auctoritate]]. A "celebrity endorsement" is a prime example. So, too, is any speech or essay by one publicly celebrated as an athlete, actor in any form of [[theater]], or other such person, on a subject in which the author has no legitimate expertise.
 
# [[Loaded question|Loaded questions]].
 
# [[Loaded question|Loaded questions]].
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# Distortions of fact.Uesd by liberals during the [[2012 Presidential Election]].
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# Distortions of fact.
 
# Extreme pronouncements, which are a form of [[Logical fallacy#Overgeneralization|over-generalizations]].
 
# Extreme pronouncements, which are a form of [[Logical fallacy#Overgeneralization|over-generalizations]].
 
# Intimidation. This may include [[Logical fallacy#Proof by numbers|arguing from the numbers]] or reminding an opponent of the power of the particular individual or group engaging in the intimidation--or of an individual or group for which one claims to speak.
 
# Intimidation. This may include [[Logical fallacy#Proof by numbers|arguing from the numbers]] or reminding an opponent of the power of the particular individual or group engaging in the intimidation--or of an individual or group for which one claims to speak.
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