Appeal to tradition, "we do it like this because that’s how we’ve always done it.” Ex:
Cum Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc, “with this because of this” – just because two things happen together doesn’t mean they’re related or one causes the other. (e.g., just because a student attends RHS doesn’t mean she has two legs)
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Straw Man: Putting words into someone’s mouth (and that someone may or may not exist) for the purpose of exaggerating or distorting the opposing viewpoint.
Ad Hominem fallacy: responding to an argument attacking a person’s character rather than the content of their argument.
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