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When you see bullshit but are not sure how exactly it is...the Fallacy Files are there to rescue you from your logical plight.

http://www.fallacyfiles.org/

Every logical fallacy under the sun with excellent definitions and usages. 

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Thats good stuff.  I have a few books on such subjects.  After awhile when someone says something its almost automatic that you think... damn that is some flawed thinking.  Were  you might not even have given it a second thought, taken it at face value, just due to the way it was presented / the person speaking or flowery words surrounding the nonsense. 

 

One of my favorites is Ad Hominem  (attack "at the person" to prove your point)  "Well his views on Law couldn't be correct he was in jail before".  Huh?   Sorry that really is just incorrect (as an example) but it might sound perfectly legit to many readers.

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