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: Online Guide to MediationFallacious Argument of the Month: appeal to the bandwagon
By Diane Levin
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In my continuing battle for the improvement of public discourse, each month I discuss an example of a Fallacious Argument. This month’s Fallacious Argument is perhaps one of the most frequently invoked: the appeal to the bandwagon, which leans the mighty weight of the many against the intractable few.
Anyone who has ever been a child can no doubt recall futile negotiations with one’s parents to gain new privileges or permission. The negotiations typically go something like this:
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Full post as published by Online Guide to Mediation on March 26, 2010 (boomark / email).
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