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Fallacies.


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There are five in the GPs post:

- Strawman

- Ad Hominem

- False Dilemma

- Hasty Generalization

- Appeal to Emotion

One more for free; Begging the Question...


> Strawman

He isn't arguing against a strawman, i.e. a misrepresented argument, he's saying the issue is not what OP claims and saying the issue is something else.

> Ad Hominem

He isn't using insults in place of an argument, he is including insults with his argument, so it's not an ad hominem.

> False Dilemma

He isn't falsely reducing the choices down to two or a few, he's just asking why Apple's customers don't act a certain way or have a problem with something.

> Hasty Generalization

What is it you think he is incorrectly generalizing to support his overall argument?

> Appeal to Emotion

He might be including emotional language, but he isn't relying on people feeling a particular way to agree with him at all. There is no appeal to emotion.

> One more for free; Begging the Question...

What question do you think he is ignoring/assuming to have been answered in making his claim?


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