Beware the Fallacy Bully. This is not what critical thin

1. I am an independent
Critical thinker.
That makes me
rare and special.
Fallacy Bullies pride themselves on being
independent critical thinkers.

2. you are aLl shEep
being fed a diet of
lies !
Fallacy Bullies think that most people are
uncritical consumers of propaganda …

3. and the
truth
wiLl
blow —
… but they can see behind the propaganda
and unmask the truth.
your —
Mind.
oh
my!

4. Fallacy Bullies take pleasure in pointing out
fallacies in the reasoning of the people whose
views they oppose …
FA
LLA
C
Y
heRring
red
!

5. … but react defensively to any suggestion that
they themselves may be guilty of fallacious
thinking …
FALLACY
straw
man!
uMm… i think you
may be guilty of
an ad hominem
here …
sliPpery
slope!
false
dileMma!

6. … or in the grip of cognitive biases that may
be distorting their own views.
FA
LLA
C
Y
ever heard
of the
fundamental
aTtribution
eRror?
liar!
moron!
Oo
oHh
!

7. Fallacies Bullies promote the teaching of
fallacies …
these principles
should guide aLl
our thinking.

8. but ignore the subtleties of when they
legitimately apply and when they don’t …
APpeals to
authority
are always
faLlacious.
!
remember
that.

9. FA
LLA
C
Y
FALLACY
… and in practice, use them as
blunt weapons of war.
FALLACY
FALLAC
Y
come at
me, bro!

10. FA
LLA
C
Y
FALLACY
Beware the Fallacy Bully!
FALLACY
FALLAC
Y
come at
me, bro!
K
D

11. Beware the Fallacy Bully.
K
D
www.criticalthinkeracademy.com
This is not what
critical thinking
is about.