Thread by @SteB777

The basis of most false argument, whether it be climate change denial, genocide denial etc, is the self-referential, circular argument. In which the speaker will make an assertion, which is at best a half-truth, likely an untruth, then argue out from it, as if it were fact.
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We're all familiar with these false arguments. That there was previous climate change not caused by humans, and the climate is always changing. That the genocide in Gaza, is due to the 7 Oct attack. All these assertions are false, specious, on close examination.
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However, you rarely get chance to deal with the initial false premises of these arguments, because those using these false arguments, have in minutes, asserted a whole myriad of other false assertions, on the initial false premise of their argument.
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A valid argument, is always consistent with all the evidence, and other verifiable facts.

The next basis of false argument, is overreaching. Where a person will state a partial truth, only true in some contexts, then massively over-generalize it, into a universal truth.
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Plus, there's usually a whole bag of logical fallacies and other false assertions. All put in a forceful browbeating way, with some slanderous ad hominems, if you try questioning the validity of what they assert.
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I think I've just described modern populist right wing ideology in a nutshell. However, being even-handed, all ideology is stuffed full of these techniques of sophistry. Whilst all ideology, is full of it, the right have taken it to the next level of BS.
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