What is the fallacy? Don’t go to that shop, he will rip you off and most of his food is past the sell-by date? Come to mine instead! Ad hominem Circumstantial.

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What is the fallacy? Don’t go to that shop, he will rip you off and most of his food is past the sell-by date? Come to mine instead! Ad hominem Circumstantial

What is the fallacy? Either you support Celtic or Rangers False Dilemma

What is the fallacy? Lowering the speed limit outside schools will save lives. Post hoc ergo propter hoc

What is the fallacy? Of course there is no God! If there were someone would have found him by now? Argument from ignorance

What is the fallacy? Richard Dawkins in a professor at Cambridge University. If he says there is no God then I believe him. Appeals to authority

What is the fallacy? There just has to be a God otherwise the universe doesn’t make sense. Appeals to Consequences

What is the fallacy? If we legalise cannabis then pretty soon we will need to legalise other drugs and then society will collapse. Slippery Slope

What is the fallacy? The editor of the News of the World accuses politicians of spreading rumours about him. Ad Hominem Tu Quoque

What is the fallacy? ‘Prostitutes are dirty slags. I would never pay for that’ – Wayne Rooney Ad Hominem Tu Quoque

What is the fallacy? Wayne Rooney looks like Shrek and is happy playing with a tyre attached to a rope. Jamie Oliver has Down’s Syndrome and doesn’t know one end of a spoon from the other. Celebrities are a waste of space. Ad Hominem Abusive