Appeal to Pity
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Synonyms
- Argumentum ad Misericordiam
Explanation
You commit this fallacy if you substitute a claim intended to create pity for evidence in an argument.
External links
- The Nizkor Project [1]
Examples in creationist arguments
- Bible is target of persecution
- Biologists will want to throw you out of the class if you don't believe in evolution
- Fairness demands evolution and creation be given equal time
- Mims was fired because he was a creationist
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