


Donald Trump speaking with supporters at a campaign rally at the Prescott Valley Event. Samantha Bee: Republicans aren’t brave for disavowing Trump. But the strangeness of the election was made more difficult by news stories that seemed just so credible that they were true: Donald Trumps. And other logical fallacies to avoid this merry campaign season. Trump’s well documented prevarications have exhausted journalists and seemed to influence his supporters, some of whom take his statements as merely hyperbolic articulations of a deeper underlying truth. Red herring fallacy examples in the news Watching the 2016 US presidential election was already a surreal experience, with dozens of qualified candidates losing to the failed businessman and reality star. Disagreements over Trump’s verbal style and propriety have sometimes played out over class lines. TRENTON- The question entering the first 2016 Republican presidential debate last month was whether the candidates would attack frontrunner Donald Trump or simply ignore him. < 5 Min Read The Red Herring logical fallacy happens when one debater mentions an idea, then the opponent pivots in an attempt to make that argument. Trump’s critics, meanwhile, believe his insulting words and hate speech incite violence while his style denotes lack of education and care, possibly even dementia, while demoting the verbal standards expected of a president. According to lexicographer Ben Zimmer, the term originated in the United Kingdom and Ireland in the 1970s. They also feel his simple, profane verbal style and even his spelling and grammatical errors reflect his “authenticity” and positive masculinity. The term whataboutism is a portmanteau of what and about, is synonymous with whataboutery, and means to twist criticism back on the initial critic. Trump supporters often refuse the notion that word choice creates problems, arguing instead that linguistic care stokes oversensitivity, or that it evades harsh realities that harsh language merely describes. It analyzes the way the “culture wars” over so-called “politically correct language” feed into Trump’s popularity and the dismay of his critics.

It offers a history of presidential oratory and speech style, discusses Trump’s use of social media, and his rhetorical feedback loop with his supporters. This substantial introduction covers Trump’s divisive verbal shock tactics during his rise.
