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Logical Fallacies: Mistakes You Probably Make When Arguing! 

Thinking in English

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The False Dilemma

This is an example of the false dilemma false dycotomy or eva or fallacy. Think about the example i gave, you either support the government or you hate our country. That's not true. You can love your country, but dislike the government. Often there are many different ities. I think pollution from humans contributes to climate change. So you think humans are directly responsible for droughts, hurricanes and wild fires. These all happened before humans existed, so you must be wrong in this argument. The second person disregarded this part of the argument and exaggerated,. making it seem like the first person was being much more extreme than they really are.

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