122.Ī debater commits the Ad Hominem Fallacy when he introduces irrelevant personal premisses about his opponent. Source: Barry Glassner, The Culture of Fear (1999), p. Not only has he opposed funding for the nation's leader in quality children's programming (the Public Broadcasting Corporation), he has urged that "illegitimate" babies be taken from their mothers and put in orphanages. ![]() So odious are the lyrics, that rarely do politicians or journalists stop to ask what qualifies Bennett to lead a moralistic crusade on behalf of America's minority youth. ![]() Translation: "Argument against the man" ( Latin)Įxample: William Bennett…, leader… of the antirap campaign…, had no trouble finding antipolice and antiwomen lyrics to quote in support of claim that "nothing less is at stake than civilization" if rappers are not rendered silent. Taxonomy: Logical Fallacy > Informal Fallacy > Red Herring > Genetic Fallacy (Sorry, your browser does not support inline frames.) Argumentum
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