[Howlin]

It is a good point. When 280,000,000 people think you're wrong, maybe you are.

[MitchellC]

When 280,000,000 people think you're wrong, maybe you are.

Or, gee, maybe they aren't? It's still pitiful to think that a point is made because of the number of people willing to adhere to it.

For example, look at how many people in this country (the majority?) are willing to wipe their butts with the Constitution for free hand-outs.

[Lucius Cornelius Sulla]

It is a good point. When 280,000,000 people think you're wrong, maybe you are.

I believe that the name of this particular form of logical fallacy is the ad populem argument, a form of appealing to a false authority.