oh so you hate me
Fallacies in Online Arguments:
→ The Ad Hominem: an argument directed towards a person, rather than the argument they are trying to make. The o/p makes a personal attack on people who like pineapple on pizza by calling them and their bloodline weak. This has nothing to do with pineapple pizza and why someone might like or dislike it.
Without even reading the article or my explanation on the types of fallacies in this argument, I’m sure you can already come up with a few examples in your head. Whether pineapple on pizza is good or bad eventually all comes down to personal opinion and preference. Therefore, it would be quite difficult to construct a persuasive argument to change someone’s thoughts on pineapple on pizza. In this specific argument that I linked, there are two very clear argument fallacies used.
→ The Slippery Slope: claiming that a simple event will eventually lead to a chain of future events. In this specific argument, the o/p claims “if you like pineapple slices on pizza, […] you will not survive the winter (because you are weak).” There is no evidence that supports the argument that liking pineapple on pizza means you are weak and likely to not survive the winter.
This has been a popular trend these days where people joke with another person and say come to the conclusion that said person hates them, simply because they said something out of pocket, or didn’t do a simple task for them. This is an example of the straw man fallacy as the opponent’s argument is being distorted due to lack of evidence to support their own. This could also be placed in the either/or fallacy category as it narrows down the argument to two sides; you do the task for someone or you hate them. This argument is commonly seen between two people who have a playful relationship. It’s usually not serious and used to get under someone’s skin as a joke, to make them feel bad for doing (or not doing) something for them.
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