Posted on 04/28/2015 9:36:47 AM PDT by Heartlander
Comrades! Perhaps all of us, while debating the enemy, have been subjected to accusations of logical fallacies. Ignore such accusations. The non-concept of "logical fallacy" is a tool of capitalist propaganda, designed to expose us to a retrograde pre-twenty-first century mindset, which may cause the weakest of us to question their allegiance to Progress. But that is the enemy's mindset; it no longer applies to the new era. Progress calls us to destroy the straightjacket of linear thinking.
There are no absolutes. The outdated scientific methods of hard logic and cold reason have now been replaced with soft logic and cozy reason, especially when dealing in political science.
Here are the Rules of Logic, Reason and Debate for Radicals for the 21st century. Learn them, know them, use them. You have nothing to lose but your logical chains.
Seductive Logic - If the parts of the premise are true, or true enough, the conclusion is proved.
Premise: Hitler would hate President Obama and have him liquidated. Tea Partiers hate big government.
Conclusion: Tea Partiers are Fascists plotting a coup against President Obama.As you can see, statement one is true, as is statement two. So the conclusion, statement three, is proven.
Preductive Logic - If the conclusion is true, the premises are proven.
Conclusion: Stimulus hasn't worked.
Premise: George Bush's economic policies were stupid. George Bush is to blame for everything.Similar to seductive logic, as statement one is true, statements two and three are proven.
Unductive Logic - If the evidence doesn't support the conclusion, the evidence is in error.
Conclusion: Man-made CO2 causes global warming.
Evidence: From 1950 to 1975 temperatures fell as man-made CO2 increased. therefore, the temperature data must be wrong and altered accordingly.This one is particularly useful as it makes disproving any assertion on your part impossible. Contrary evidence is simply wrong and those using it are liars, deniers, and anti-reality based imbeciles.
Primary Reason - Something is true when you have the right reason, or motives, to believe it, not the right reasoning. In other words, if it just feels right, that is reason enough. (Though evidence is unnecessary, if desired such can be obtained with the rules of logic above. i.e, can be fabricated.)
Secondary Reason - When those who share your Primary Reason agree with your assertion, it is therefore well-reasoned. Which in turn makes those who agree with you reasonable individuals, and those who disagree intolerant imbeciles.
Any statement prefaced with "obviously," "no doubt," or "everyone knows" is accepted as proven. Nothing more need be said nor evidence produced. No doubt everyone knows this is obviously true.
Exclamation marks and all caps add weight of truth to any statement. This simple method is ABSOLUTELY, POSITIVELY TRUE!!!!
Should your adversary press on despite these logically reasoned assertions, any of the following will put an end to him and thus his argument.
You might think these simple rules are a little too simple, or too simplistic, or too simple-minded even, but they work. After all, look who occupies the White House or owns the media, academia, and entertainment establishments.
Why does the title have a “satire” tag?
In fact, most of Marxism is based on the Closed Logic Paradox, since it stipulates that resistance to its tenets is based in bourgeois conformity and therefore proves those very tenets.
Obviously, there is no "winning" such a fallacious argument. You simply have to reject such assertions offhand as the fevered ravings of overgrown children. After all, how much energy would you devote to arguing with a 40-year-old black man that he is NOT the queen of England?
very good! I may use your info ;-)
My question too. This isn’t satire. At all.
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