Ad Hominem

In the twenty-first episode we explore the Ad Hominem Fallacy, with examples from Trump dismissing Senator Elizabeth Warren and lying about the lies of Senator Richard Blumenthal.In Mark's British Politics Corner we look at David Cameron mocking Jeremy Corbyn's clothing and Theresa May mocking his views on education.In The Fallacy in the Wild, we check out examples from a Time Warner Cable commercial and Arthur Miller's 'The Crucible'.Jim and Mark go head to head in a game of Fake News, the game where Mark has to guess which of three Trump quotes Jim made up.Then we have an interview with Progressive comedian Ron Placone, host of Get Your News on With RonFinally, we round up some of the crazy Trump stories from the past week.The full show notes for this episode can be found at our new website at http://fallacioustrump.com/ft21You can listen to Jim's appearance on the Drop the Pilot Podcast here.Subscribe to Fallacious Trump to make sure you never miss a logical fallacy. Rather than just mindless anti-Trump rhetoric, we apply skepticism and critical thinking to our Donald Trump analysis by exploring his liberal use of logical fallacies and cognitive biases, along with a bit of humor and news about US politics. (But there is also some of that much needed anti-Trump rhetoric.)You can contact the guys at [email protected], on BlueSky @FallaciousTrump, Discord at fallacioustrump.com/discord, or facebook at facebook.com/groups/fallacioustrumpYou can support us at Patreon.com/ftrump, and you can buy our T-shirts here: https://fallacioustrump.com/teeAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy