Posted: March 21st, 2017

“What’s wrong with soccer? It’s just not American. No one here likes it.” The fallacy of relevance used is … guilt trip. nationalism. rationalization. smoke screen

In Chapter 6, we learned to recognize how fallacies of relevance are used to distract the audience from the real issue. Consider the following example. “What’s wrong with soccer? It’s just not American. No one here likes it.” The fallacy of relevance used is … guilt trip. nationalism. rationalization. smoke screen.