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Category Archives: Red Herring
Do you like your herring red or blue?
Matt Purple’s got a great change of subject for Republicans concerned about election futures (HERE). When there are laments about how shallow the Republican bench for 2016 is beyond Christie and Rubio, he’s got a new topic of conversation: Let’s … Continue reading
Well, if they didn’t have the guns…
Just as predictable as the question about whether we need stronger gun controls follows after a public shooting spree, there is the predictable response from conservatives that guns don't kill people, evil/crazy/bad people kill people, so stop with gun control. … Continue reading
Posted in Red Herring, specious comparisons, Weak Analogy
Tagged Gun control, Murder, Thomas Sowell
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My views are underappreciated by those who disagree with my views
There is a natural tendency to iron man one's own arguments; that's why self-assessment is not an accurate measure of a position's cogency. It also often turns out that such self-ironmanning comes along with underestimating the strength of positions opposed … Continue reading
Posted in Iron man, Red Herring, Straw Man
Tagged iron man, Paul Krugman, Paul Ryan, Red Herring, Straw Man
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Don’t pay the ferryman
As a young boy, I watched the car ferries depart Michigan for Wisconsin, so there is a certain amount of nostalgia for them and their giant plumes of coal smoke. As one might imagine, however, the coal ash creates a … Continue reading
Ever tried red herring?
Some people think gun control is a good idea. But "gun control" could mean any number of things. It might mean, for instance, a complete ban on guns. Some people want that. It might also mean a ban on military-style … Continue reading
Posted in ignorance of basic matters of logic, Plain Bad Arguments, Red Herring, weak man
Tagged balloon juice, Gun control
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Take this job and shove it
Sitting now on Capitol Hill is a bill, The Paycheck Fairness Act, which aims "to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide more effective remedies to victims of discrimination in the payment of wages on the basis … Continue reading
The group of non group members
The other day we were treated to the poorly reasoned opinions of culture warrior and disgraced former House Speaker Newt Gingrich on Christian Legal Society versus Martinez. Today there is a much more thoughtful discussion (by law professor Jonathan Turley), … Continue reading
