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ck4829 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-22-09 12:19 PM
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Does the birther movement create the need for a new type of fallacious argument?
Here are the arguments that the birthers use pretty much all of the time.

Example 1:
We are told that there is a "whitey" tape
There is no evidence of said tape
Therefore, Obama must be hiding the tape

Example 2:
We are told that Obama is not a natural born citizen
There is no evidence that Obama is not a natural born citizen
Therefore, what is Obama hiding?

I took logic as a class in College, I know that the two examples above are fallacious arguments. But I can't classify what kind of fallacies they are.

Can you identify the fallacy above, or could it be a new fallacy?

If so, I propose "Argument from Supposed Lack of Evidence".
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parasim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-22-09 12:24 PM
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1. the problem with Example 2, is that there is evidence.
He has already shown his BC, for instance.
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YOY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-22-09 12:24 PM
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2. How many of them are religious nutbags to boot.
Edited on Wed Jul-22-09 12:25 PM by YOY
Being a religious nutbag/literalist and following that arguement go hand-in-hand.

The humorous thing being that they have actually been given the information they seek...they just don't like the answer...so they persist.
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Critters2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-22-09 12:28 PM
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3. I'm no expert, but I think these fall under the category of a "negative proof fallacy".
You can't prove the argument wrong, so it must be true.
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napi21 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-22-09 12:29 PM
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4. If we all, including the media stop talking about it, it will go away!
All they/re looking for is publicity to keep their nutty story alive!
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Brother Buzz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-22-09 12:49 PM
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5. Denial of the antecedent
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louis-t Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-22-09 12:50 PM
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6. "Obama-UNSEAL YOUR RECORDS!1!1!!"
:rofl:
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Bonhomme Richard Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-22-09 01:09 PM
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7. These people are complete morons. Just tell them.....
that what they said is the dumbest thing you have ever heard and you won't waste a minute to respond to suck craziness.
They want you to engage them. Don't give them the satisfaction.
Then they can go back to kicking their dog.
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