▲ 696 ▼ Whopping 91% of Fox News Viewers Believe Trump Has Not Committed Federal Crimes, But Only 42% Support Him In The Primary (www.mediaite.com) submitted 3 years ago by FlyingSquid@lemmy.world to c/politics@lemmy.world 92 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[+] pm_boobs_send_nudes@lemmy.world -22 points 3 years ago (2 children) I mean, that's an appeal to authority (one of the well known fallacies). Not saying these people are smart, but that logic doesn't make sense. There was some nobel prize winning scientist who literally claimed white people were genetically superior to blacks. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-46856779 You get the idea... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Synthead@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago I was being sarcastic 😉 permalink fedilink source parent [–] yuun@lemmy.one 2 points 3 years ago* Appeal to authority isn't a fallacy if it's a relevant authority, though. The US federal courts are a pretty dang relevant authority on US federal crimes. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Synthead@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago I was being sarcastic 😉 permalink fedilink source parent
[–] yuun@lemmy.one 2 points 3 years ago* Appeal to authority isn't a fallacy if it's a relevant authority, though. The US federal courts are a pretty dang relevant authority on US federal crimes. permalink fedilink source parent