Tag: Fallacy

The two main political parties have a long history of disputes and disagreements over a plethora of complex issues. When it comes to engaging in political discussions, it is often hard for members of the left and members of the right to respectfully and knowledgeably talk about things, largely because of the crucial fundamental differences in the ideals and policies that each party focuses on. The two-party system is most often blamed for the major discrepancies among members of our country, but the inability to have a respectful and informative argument or discussion based in legitimate reasoning, is the true root of many of the problems stemming from politics. This is where fallacies come into play. A fallacy, which is the use of invalid or faulty reasoning to form an argument, is a clear sign of an argument lacking many crucial elements of validity. RELATED: Rosario: Average Iowans with left-leaning views are not coastal elites While a fundamental difference in opinions and values fueled by the two-party system certainly has a role in the effectiveness of an argument or discussion, I think that fallacies are the single most obnoxious thing in political discussion. I think that fallacies often make one seem ignorant in an argument, and when they are used to insult or discredit someone else who has a different opinion. Many fallacies are counterproductive in an argument. Using fallacies such as this one says less about the strength of your opposition’s argument and more about one’s own lack of reasoning. More in Opinions