beware the fallacy bully

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Beware the Fallacy Bully. This is not what critical thin

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I am an independent

Critical thinker.

That makes me

rare and special.

Fallacy Bullies pride themselves on being independent critical thinkers.

you are aLl shEepbeing fed a diet of

lies !

Fallacy Bullies think that most people are uncritical consumers of propaganda …

and the

truth

wiLl

blow —

… but they can see behind the propaganda and unmask the truth.

your —Mind.

oh

my!

Fallacy Bullies take pleasure in pointing out fallacies in the reasoning of the people whose views they oppose …

FALLACY

heRringred

!

… but react defensively to any suggestion that they themselves may be guilty of fallacious thinking …

FALLACY

straw man!

uMm… i think you may be guilty of

an ad hominem here …

sliPpery slope!

false dileMma!

… or in the grip of cognitive biases that may be distorting their own views.

FALLACY

ever heard of the

fundamental aTtribution

eRror?

liar!moron!

OooHh

!

Fallacies Bullies promote the teaching of fallacies …

these principles

should guide aLl our thinking.

but ignore the subtleties of when they legitimately apply and when they don’t …

APpeals to authority are always faLlacious.

!remember

that.

FALLACY

FALLACY

… and in practice, use them as blunt weapons of war.

FALLACY

FALLACY

come at me, bro!

FALLACY

FALLACY

Beware the Fallacy Bully!

FALLACY

FALLACY

come at me, bro!

KD

Beware the Fallacy Bully.

KD

www.criticalthinkeracademy.com

This is not what critical thinking

is about.

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