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I'd also like to add to that by saying that you don't necessarily need someone who's an expert at debating to proofread your argument. Try looking for someone who doesn't necessarily agree with you because if you pick someone who agrees with you, they might be biased in their opinion of your argument, and someone who has a different view of things won't be afraid to tell you what's wrong with your argument because they might not care what your argument is.
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Thanks go to Mitsuki. This is when you take somebody's points, and take it completely out of proportion. Blowing things up to be uber-large conspiracies (yes, uber is a word) is one such idea. By blowing something up, you completely discredit your own reliability.
but if you agree with that point and then exagerate it ironically, you are making the person who made the original statement look bad.
or is that what you meant? ><
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I recommend pinning this topic. I have to admit, I've been guily of 'Hitting the Strawman' a few times, though I realise that I've been doing it and do end up getting back on top of things. It's quite possibly the easiest one to fall into, because it's a gradual thing - you'll use an example to contradict someone else's example and then they'll reply by doing the same thing - sooner or later, you're stuck in limbo until someone's infracted, hahah. Anyway, even though I'm not prone to much else, it's still useful to have this.
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Added the "Post Hoc" and "Appeal to Probability" Fallacies.
And I, too, request that this topic be stickied. I think it would be something good for debaters to see.
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-Stickied-
I still think it should be stickied in Shinra Building since these fallacies not only apply in Religious Debates, but to general debating as well. But since you still want it here, then it shall be so. xD
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In that case, I shall make a duplicate of this thread in both the ShinRa Building and the Mayor's Office.
As per your request, my dear And thankee for the sticky
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"My son has gone to the silent forest where he'll always be free." - Barkjon, Felldoh's Father
Jake Long and Felldoh are the reasons I live. I breathe, walk, learn, and most of all, fight, only so that I may carry on their memories. I shall avenge Felldoh, and I shall protect Jake, no matter the cost!
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Did we add sophistry, or did we already have several different examples of them under a different name?
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Pauca sed Matura "Meum verbum est meus gladius!"
"Arbitraris id veneficium quod te ludificat. Arbitror id formam quod intellego."
"Ignorationi est non medicina."
And thankee for the sticky 
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