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appeal to ridicule
the irrelevance of appeals to ridicule

description

Appeal To Ridicule is an attempt to get the opponent to stop arguing by exaggerating the consequences or features of the opponent's argument to the point where they sound ridiculous.

examples

"Food stamps for the poor. Sure, and why not Mercedes-Benzes, too?"

"No luck job hunting? Well cry me a river, Mr. I'm-too-sexy-for-my-shirt."



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