I'm so sad to learn that about anything connected with Isa Moskowitz as, when I was vegan and had all her books, I felt her to be a peaceful person. It's really a shame, how nasty people can get in a group; that heard mentality at work.
I'm afraid I can't comment on that, (forum rules doncha know!), thought it was me banging on about fathers/parental rights, or lack of them, that almost no one seems interested in here or elsewhere!!
You've saved me some work looking up those for us, (now how many do I probably use on a daily basis without realising it most of the time, and just what is "A no true Scotsman" logical fallacy, that didn't make the list???).Just to encourage anyone of the value of occasionally letting one's mind churn through gears of understanding the logic of thinking structure per below examples. Enjoy finding some more nuggets we might laugh at.
30 Common Logical Fallacies–A Study Starter
https://academicinfluence.com/inflection/influence/logical-fallacies
Ad Hominem (attack directed at the speaker )
Speaker 2: Of course you would say that. You’re a Christian. Why should we listen to you?
Appeal to Authority, The argumentum ad verecundiam
Aristotle thought women were inferior to men. Aristotle is one of the smartest men who ever lived, so he must be.
Appeal to Ignorance Argumentum ad ignorantiam
We haven’t found life on other planets, so there’s no life on any other planet, anywhere.
Appeal to Pity The argumentum ad misericordiam
You should give me a promotion. I have a lot of debt and am behind on my rent.
Appeal to Popular Opinion The argumentum ad populum
Throughout history, most philosophers thought men were more rational than women, therefore this is true.
Causal Fallacy
It’s cold on a summer day. Global warming is a hoax.
Circular Argument Circulus in probando
Speaker 1: You should trust the Bible because it’s the Word of God.
Speaker 2: How do you know it’s the Word of God?
Speaker 1: Because God tells us it is.
False Dilemma
If you aren’t a capitalist, you must be a communist.
Hasty Generalization
My grandmother smoked for 80 years and died at 100. Obviously, smoking isn’t harmful.
Loaded Question Fallacy
Have you stopped beating your wife?
Post Hoc Fallacy Post hoc ergo propter hoc
Every time we sacrifice virgins, it rains. Therefore, sacrificing virgins causes it to rain.
Red Herring Fallacy
Child: This fish tastes funny. I don’t want to eat this.
Parent: There are children starving in Africa. Eat your dinner.
Strawman Argument
Speaker 1: I think we should have an expanded social safety net for the poor in our country.
Speaker 2: So, you think we should just throw money at lazy people who don’t want to work and think they are entitled to be kept up by other people, right?
Non-Sequitur Fallacy
My last boyfriend was really mean to me. All men are abusive.
Unfortunately anyone doing their best to "drive me away" doesn't know how unbelievably stubborn, pigheaded etc. I am, (though not completely thick skinned or I wouldn't have noticed!).
An old boss of mine who I like to quote used to say things like, "I used to think how stupid my father was until I reached the age of thirty, then I was surprised how much he'd caught up in the intervening years", (or words to that effect, maybe inspired by a Dickens comment?)!
Big difference between a brief comment & "BooHoo, some people on this forum are mean to me......."
I'd worry more if someone said essentially, "I'm going into the garden, I may be some time", (or "outside" wasn't it in the case of Earnest Shackleton in Antarctica!)!
That's a good point, especially in the current climate.
Not necessarily on their deathbeds though, (that's asking too much surely?)!
If anyone was concerned because I hadn't contributed for a while, I would be flattered that I'd been noticed. It's nice that people care.
No argument there, "but as a he-man" I sometimes find anyone nannying me a bit much, if you know what I mean?
)Perhaps you bring out the maternal instincts in women.No argument there, "but as a he-man" I sometimes find anyone nannying me a bit much, if you know what I mean?
(no jokes necessary about whether I'm a "he-man" you guys!!!!!!
Yes, that forum was very active and very nasty. I got attacked more than once. Isa actually intervened twice. And once she did the little snits completely stopped. Not one of them kept up their crap which shows what little jerks they really were.
Absolutely! With some they will argue their opinion to infinity. I used to think (regarding some forums I was on) that the only way to shut these people up is to write 'I now agree with you, I think like you do and it's you and your opinion that made me change my mind.' Nothing else will satisfy them. Too bad that didn't happen.
Fathers absolutely SHOULD have rights, as WELL as obligations. The two go together.I'm afraid I can't comment on that, (forum rules doncha know!), thought it was me banging on about fathers/parental rights, or lack of them, that almost no one seems interested in here or elsewhere!!
Good to know she tried, at least and didn't agree with what was happening. I'm sorry you had to go through that.
What do you consider someone that is 60? I’ve been considered a child my whole life by my older siblings. Yet I’ve had the most difficult life of us all! I’ve had no voice in my family. I’ve been in the military, a police dispatcher, owned my own business. I’ve battled chronic disease for 25 years, currently on dialysis awaiting a 2nd transplant. Had 2 children, helped raise 3 step children. 6 grandchildren. Do I have no wisdom?
You are equating wisdom with being a senior? I would say you are an incredible woman but this has nothing to do with being a senior.
Old Middle-Aged
I doubt I’ll live to be 120. Well past middle age
