[William Terrell]

You're a socialist, geezer. Why not just admit it?

Soon, there won't be enough revenue to fund socialist programs. The income tax is dead in the face of global economic permeability. The only thing that will continue the programs is a deeper government proboscis into more people. That is exactly what the NRST provides.

You're not stupid, so the only reason you stump for the sales tax is to maintain the status quo.

Over and out.

[ancient_geezer]

You're a socialist, geezer. Why not just admit it?

Soon, there won't be enough revenue to fund socialist programs. The income tax is dead in the face of global economic permeability. The only thing that will continue the programs is a deeper government proboscis into more people.

Hmmmm:

Fallacy: Personal Attack

A personal attack is committed when a person substitutes abusive remarks for evidence when attacking another person's claim or claims. This line of "reasoning" is fallacious because the attack is directed at the person making the claim and not the claim itself. The truth value of a claim is independent of the person making the claim.

Fallacy: Red Herring

A Red Herring is a fallacy in which an irrelevant topic is presented in order to divert attention from the original issue. The basic idea is to "win" an argument by leading attention away from the argument and to another topic. This sort of "reasoning" has the following form:

1. Topic A is under discussion.
2. Topic B is introduced under the guise of being relevant to topic A (when topic B is actually not relevant to topic A).
3. Topic A is abandoned.

This sort of "reasoning" is fallacious because merely changing the topic of discussion hardly counts as an argument against a claim.

Fallacy: Ad Hominem

An Ad Hominem is a general category of fallacies in which a claim or argument is rejected on the basis of some irrelevant fact about the author of or the person presenting the claim or argument. Typically, this fallacy involves two steps. First, an attack against the character of person making the claim, her circumstances, or her actions is made (or the character, circumstances, or actions of the person reporting the claim). Second, this attack is taken to be evidence against the claim or argument the person in question is making (or presenting). This type of "argument" has the following form:

1. Person A makes claim X.
2. Person B makes an attack on person A.
3. Therefore A's claim is false.

 

 

When one no longer has a valid argument or position falsly charge the messenger of an association that is unpalatable, change the subject from the real issue under discussion, and attack the messenger and claim he holds a position inverse of his true one.

Pitiful