Here's how they're fighting mis/disinformation now:
Censorship - You know, stuff like █████████ and ██████, not to mention ███████ which is the worst one.
Ad Hominem - You are racist/sexist/transphobic etc..
Appeal to Emotion - These migrants are just looking for a better life
Appeal to Authority - Official sources, CDC, WHO, DOJ, FBI, etc..
Appeal to Ridicule - People that do X are uneducated hicks
Argument from Repetition - Say it enough and it becomes true, 4am talking points
Argumentum ad Populum - All the European countries have already tackled X problem successfully
Bandwagon - 99% of scientists agree
Begging the Question - Trump must be guilty, why else would he have so many indictments?
Burden of Proof - You can't prove that all the "died suddenly" was from vaccines, there it's not true
Circular Reasoning - You are what you identify as, because why would you identify as that if you're not that?
Equivocation - Using misleading terms of more than one meaning, the left loves this one. They redefine words to win arguments.
Etymological Fallacy - poses that a certain term's original meaning applies to its colloquial and modern understanding. Saying "See you guys later" is bad because women are present
Fallacy of Quoting Out of Context - Trump said white supremacists are very fine people!
Fallacy of Composition and Division - Banning guns. Apparently criminal murderers will follow those laws.
False Dilemma - Chop your child's dick off, or you want them to commit suicide
Ignoratio Elenchi - Yeah things were better under Trump, but he is a facist
Inflation of Conflict - Do you have a degree in X? No? then your opinion is irrelevant no matter how much research you did
Kettle Logic - You must support the war in Ukraine to defend democracy
Loaded Question - Do you think Trump should have presidential immunity from all the crimes he committed?
Middle Ground - Don't like LGBTQAIPP2S and critical race theory indoctrination for 8 year olds? Okay maybe we should wait until they are 10
No True Scotsman - America was built by immigrants, if you don't want them pouring into the county you are anti-american
Personal Incredulity - We can't possibly be ruled by satanic pedos, why would anyone do that?
Proving Too Much - That white guy is racist, therefor white people are racist
Red Herring - Pretty much all of climate change
Retrospective Determinism - America had slavery in the past, therefor systemic racism
Slippery Slope - If Donald Trump gets elected for a second term, he will show his true colors as a nazi dictator, abolish the U.S. democratic republic, and appoint himself as emperor.
Special Pleading - Yeah lockdown ruined many peoples lives, but we were facing a health crisis!
Strawman - Opposing abortion means you don't respect woman's rights. Opposing gun control means you want dead children.
That is exactly how you fight back. Keep that ^ up: Define their fallacy and exemplify it. Rub it in by following up "do you have any non-fallacious takes?"
Here's how they're fighting mis/disinformation now:
That is exactly how you fight back. Keep that ^ up: Define their fallacy and exemplify it. Rub it in by following up "do you have any non-fallacious takes?"
Thank you!
For Slippery Slope, I'd use the example, "two weeks to flatten the curve"