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Fallacies Ambiguity Maybe X or Y?

? No way to know Post hoc ergo propter hoc Y followed X therefore X caused Y Straw Man audience doesn't know about X so i'll use it to prove Y Special Pleading X is related to Y so Y must do what X expects Begging the question X = Y because X=Y circular reasonin False Dichotomy X is the only answer even when Y is an alternative Oversimplification !oo simple ed herring im talkin about X"" #$! %&&' (! Y Ad hominem X is wron because its author is a bad person appeal to authority X is an expert) X says Y is true) X is probably correct Appeal to ignorance X is false because X hasn't been proven correct Poisoning the well X is sayin thin s but he is a bad person so dont believe him appeal to fear X is ri ht because the alternative Y is #(* +,-Y #(* ."e propa anda thousand qualifications X=X when Y doesn't e/ual enou h to thin s to make X meanin less !asty "enerali#ation X=Y this one time so X always = Y ie stereotypes Many questions *oes X know Y? 0uestion cant be answered without Y bein true

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