Red Herring Fallacy

Gail highlights the main idea that Donald Trump won’t accept the election results if he loses. In the third debate, Donald Trump constantly interrupted Hillary Clinton and the moderator. Gail Collins uses the rhetorical mode; illustration by pulling out examples from the debate. In addition, Gail pulled quotes directly out of the the debate to support her purpose that the third debate was a mess. She used the quote “I will tell you at the time. … I’ll keep you in suspense” from Donald Trump to show how horrible Donald Trump's remarks at the debate were. Gail also uses the rhetorical strategy; colloquialism, to turn the twisted debate into something comical. She uses words like “jeepers!” and “yow!” to show how cringe-worthy his remarks were. Gail Collins uses the same rhetorical strategy throughout her

Hillary Clinton was also trying to dance around his statements as well. I believe that Hillary came with more facts and statements that made sense in the story. Trump was talking about things that didn’t make sense, especially the stop and frisk law. Hillary Clinton has a chance to win the election and so does trump in this election. They are both even as far as voters.

The first logical fallacy listed, ad hominem, which in Latin means, to a man, is something that our current President has been noted as doing a lot of during his campaign for election. Whether the argument against him was logical or not he has been labeled as an aggressive counter puncher with his use of this logical fallacy. An example of this would be when he posted on Twitter “And this is the bimbo that’s asking presidential questions?” referring to then Fox News Anchor Megyn Kelly. Along with the statement was a meme with photos of her where she had posed for GQ Magazine in 2010. His reason for doing this was fueled from a

Many people have either engaged in an argument that seemed unsolvable or witnessed such an argument between friends and family members.

In the wake of the death of Antonin Scalia, the Supreme Court Justice , Republican candidates had a debate and met in South Carolina for the 9th GOP debate.This debate mainly discussed what each candidate would do if they were to become president. During these debates, the candidates are given a chance to deliver their messages , and to help voters determine which candidate will be best as president. In the republican debate, each candidate was asked a question which they was expected to answer but somehow didn't appear to do so. While watching, I came to conclusion that some of the arguments were successful and others unsuccessful. In the first section of the debate when candidates Ben Carson, Donald

The title is At Republican Debate, Candidates Are Likely to Set Sights on Ted Cruz, written by Jonathan Martin and Maggie Haberman issued on December 14, 2015. Many controversial topics have defined the previous Republican debates with Donald Trump currently leading in the polls. This article characterizes possible tactics for the final Republican debate. The subject matter of this article deals with potential Republican presidential candidates. Candidates must attack Donald Trump if they want a chance of taking him over in the polls. Some facts are based on state reporting and opinions on debate tactics. The editor does attempt to appeal to his readers' emotions by highlighting voter's concerns and issues including terrorism,

Presidential campaigns often thrive on fallacies. Trump is a perfect example of this, but is not the only one. Hillary Clinton, Martin O’Malley, Ben Carson, etc. Marco Rubio’s campaign, in particular, relies on a overly sentimental appeals as well as combination of fallacies resulting in a scare tactic.

Friedman directly addresses Trump on his response that his comments were “just words”, employing the use of loaded language such as “bragging” to describe his demeanor during the video. Moreover, a sarcastic tone is used in likening Trump’s repeated use of the phrase “locker room talk” to having “magic powers”. In using such language the author undermines his response, alluding to the audience that his response was a blatant attempt to persuade the public of how he is right, rather than addressing their criticisms. Informally addressing him as “Donald”, Friedman purposefully attacks Trump, knowing that he hates “being addressed by his first name”. The

In The Crucible by Arthur Miller, many characters use the fallacy of the false alternative to force others into agreeance with their viewpoint. When Reverend Hale confronts Judge Danforth about the fearful effects of his actions, Judge Danforth refuses to entertain the possibility of his wrongness, and responds, “Reproach me not with the fear in the country; there is fear in the country because there is a moving plot to topple Christ in the country!”(98). Miller uses the fallacy to show the corruption of the court and its judges. Fear and a feeling of superiority trap the judges into a strict version of belief, where anyone who opposes their methods must oppose God.

Fahrenthold article titled (“Seven candidates against the man who isn’t there)”-Donald Trump lack of participation in debates on FOX news tonight, David argues it could provide an opportunity for other candidates such as Ted Cruz or Ben Carson. His excessive confidence could lead to his downfall or victory. Both authors support their claim by providing counterintuitive statements in their articles, In Fahrenthold’s article he states that Donald trump not showing up could provide opportunities for other candidates but at the same time his absence might still influence the debate.In Cillizza’s article he primarily makes a list of the winners and losers in the present race but his thought might be a little biased due to its subjective tone, and finally both authors uses humour to connect to the reader, the humour used is to keep the reader engaged and releases tension. Cillizza and Fahrenthold’s purpose is to challenge and confront the reader and the candidates themselves by pointing out their weaknesses and ways for them they could improve, in order to provide the United states with a well equipped candidates/presidents for

Bush consistently employs several rhetorical strategies in order to establish his credibility throughout his address. The primary way that Bush establishes this credibility is by using his speech to

After this point Trump starts to think about what he is saying offers better solutions than were previously stated while still blaming Obama and Clinton. He does this when he talks about religion and the government interference with

From the very beginning of the second presidential debate, l felt as though l definitely saw two different sides to each candidate. It felt less filtered then the first presidential debate. However, within only a minute of the debate, the topic of Donald Trump’s “locker room” talk and his disrespectful words, perception and action towards women, were questioned. Instead, Trump attempts to defend himself by stating that he has great respect for women, that it was just words, and that he’s not proud of it - just like how Bill Clinton shouldn’t be proud of his own scandal. Donald Trump reversed the question (he actually diverted most of the questions he was asked) and moved to focus on Bill Clinton’s scandal and sexual harassment of women, and

And that he just used racist rhetoric to court voters. Because when you're courting someone, you are always willing to pretend you are something you are not." In Lecture 2B we spoke about the fact that a successful speaker is one that is able to reflect the qualities and values which perceived important by the group he speaks to. Moreover, it is also about the use of rhetoric in the service of one's interests. It is a very common rhetorical tool, and can be a very dangerous one, as we know from history, e.g. Second World War. For example, they use metaphors to demonstrate and visualize the differences between identity groups by referring to one group as viruses or dehumanizing them. These methods deepens the social cleavages instead of defragment them. Now, Trump and Clinton for example were aware of the fact that it deepens the problems and emphasis the differences between groups. But because it is a very efficient rhetorical method they used it

Another very effective rhetorical strategy used in this speech is allusion. The first allusion Trump makes is about The Marshall Plan. He mentions the pillars of The Marshall Plan: Peace, sovereignty, security and prosperity. He also states that “The Marshall Plan was built on the noble idea that the whole world is safer when nations are strong, independent, and free.” The reason he alludes to The Marshall Plan is