"Internet Fallacies"
THESE ARE THE INTERNET FALLACIES THAT I CHOSE TO SHOW:
"APPEAL TO PITY"
This fallacy is "Appeal to Pity" because he is asking for people to take pity on him by crying and saying that they do not understand him |
"APPEAL TO AUTHORITY"
This fallacy is "Appeal to Authority" because in this post, Internet was used as evidence for the argument. |
"APPEAL TO THE PEOPLE"
This fallacy is "Appeal to the People" because Albert Einstein was used and he is an influential and well known person. |
"HASTY GENERALIZATION"
This fallacy is "Hasty Generalization" because the woman here said that all men are the same without much evidence to support her argument |
"EQUIVOCATION"
This fallacy is "Equivocation" because the word "Piston Rod" is misinterpreted as the male genitalia |
Review:
- There are many Fallacies in the Internet and
social media these days. People tend to use these fallacies to have the upper
hand on an argument but these tend to get the persons arguing to be off
topic and lose sight of what they are talking about. The common things about
the fallacies I have shown and used is that they are all memes. These memes use
these fallacies for fun and to have a good laugh but this is not an excuse to
use fallacies. The Internet is a pretty vast and advanced place. There are also
advantages and disadvantages in using the Internet and social media for the
expression of one’s thoughts. The advantage of these is that you can have a
place to unwind and release your inner emotions and feelings. You can also help
other people by updating them of the current trend in today’s modern society.
Encouraging others and correcting the wrong can also be an advantage in freedom
of expression in the Internet and social media. The disadvantages of using the
Internet and social media is the over reacting of someone to a post that is not
needed to over react upon. The freedom of expression can be a disadvantage
because too much freedom in expressing oneself can cause pain and distress to
others. Some people can also be offended if you do not use proper netiquette in
conversing and correcting their wrongs. I can be a responsible user of the
social media and Internet by trying to no use fallacies to get the upper hand
in an argument against another person. I will also observe proper netiquette while
conversing to other people so that I will not offend or hurt anyone in the
process. An advice I can give to the Keyboard Warriors out there about the
proper use of social media is that they also need to observe proper netiquette and
not just randomly rant about anything they think of or wanted to say. They
should also consider the time, place, and their audience to avoid unnecessary
dispute and misunderstandings. They should also try to avoid using fallacies
just to win an argument because it may be useful this one time but it will not
help you next time you use it. If they use fallacies, they will have a hard
time having a proper conversation because their conversation will always be
derailed and go off to another topic until they will not remember what they are
originally having an argument about. Another piece of advice is that ranting
and saying nonsense will just waste your time so why not use your time wisely
and converse in a proper manner because doing it repeatedly will make it a
habit. They should also think before they click and also remember that regret
is always at the end.
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