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Argumentum ad populum
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In logic, an argumentum ad populum (Latin for "appeal to the people") is a fallacious argument that concludes a proposition to be true because many or all people believe it; it alleges: "If many believe so, it is so."
This type of argument is known by several names,[1] including appeal to the masses, appeal to belief, appeal to the majority, appeal to the people, argument by consensus, authority of the many, and bandwagon fallacy, and in Latin by the names argumentum ad populum ("appeal to the people"), argumentum ad numerum ("appeal to the number"), and consensus gentium ("agreement of the clans"). It is also the basis of a number of social phenomena, including communal reinforcement, the bandwagon effect, and the spreading of various religious beliefs. The Chinese proverb "three men make a tiger" concerns the same idea.

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ORIGINAL: juliaoceania

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Argumentum ad populum
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In logic, an argumentum ad populum (Latin for "appeal to the people") is a fallacious argument that concludes a proposition to be true because many or all people believe it; it alleges: "If many believe so, it is so."
This type of argument is known by several names,[1] including appeal to the masses, appeal to belief, appeal to the majority, appeal to the people, argument by consensus, authority of the many, and bandwagon fallacy, and in Latin by the names argumentum ad populum ("appeal to the people"), argumentum ad numerum ("appeal to the number"), and consensus gentium ("agreement of the clans"). It is also the basis of a number of social phenomena, including communal reinforcement, the bandwagon effect, and the spreading of various religious beliefs. The Chinese proverb "three men make a tiger" concerns the same idea.

Most Americans trust Fox News, so it must be trustworthy[8|]

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ORIGINAL: tazzygirl

Why not? Do you believe Obama has committed illegal acts?

Obama committed at least one illegal act before he became POTUS. But if you never listen to FOX News you'd never know that.

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ORIGINAL: juliaoceania

I posted a link that Fox News viewers were uninformed..

You post a link that says more Americans trust Fox News... what exactly are you trying to say here?

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ORIGINAL: RacerJim
They may well be around but neither of them are "investigative journalists" like they were when they broke the WaterGate story...talk about your obfuscation!

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That every link you want to make to an anti-Fox poll there is a matching link to a pro-Fox poll.

The inaccuracies of your bogus George Soros funded poll have already been discussed, I didnt feel a need to rehash that.

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ORIGINAL: mnottertail

and you don't see a logical fallacy in an illigitimate appeal to popularity, but you know ad hominens when its on your plate.

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If there were any journalists like Woodward and Berstein around today Barack Hussein Obama would never have become POTUS.

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ORIGINAL: juliaoceania

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That every link you want to make to an anti-Fox poll there is a matching link to a pro-Fox poll.

The inaccuracies of your bogus George Soros funded poll have already been discussed, I didnt feel a need to rehash that.

I have read them, even the lies about the ranking of the University of Maryland... please, feel free to bring it on.

You basically had no point, because you would have made one by now if you did

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ORIGINAL: juliaoceania

Please feel free to debunk that poll....

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Already done use your search function

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ORIGINAL: juliaoceania

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Already done use your search function

How many times do right wing posters make assertions and then never provide facts to support them? I think I might start keeping count

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ORIGINAL: Musicmystery

So....have you two set a date for the wedding yet?

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ORIGINAL: Musicmystery

So....have you two set a date for the wedding yet?

[;)]