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RE: How To Debate On The Internet - Common Types of Logical Fallacies
Nice post, the strawman is so common. I always encounter affirming the consequent a lot:
if P then Q.
Q is true.
People then wrongly assume P is true.
The either/or fallacy is really common too:
i.e. A person cannot possibly support black lives matter AND police! You have to choose, either you are for police and against black people or for black people and against police!
Yes. I encounter these fallacies all the time. Especially appeal to authority or ad hominem. YT is the worst. It is very hard to find someone who does not use these there :-)
The one you mentioned about police and Black Lives Matter is an example of false dichotomy (false dillema) fallacy