Donald Trump on Twitter indirectly attacked President Obama by saying, "I wonder if President Obama would have attended the funeral of Justice Scalia if it were held in a Mosque". Even though The President is a known Christian, Trump still chose to attack him. In September at a town hall he laughed and didn't correct a man in the audience who claimed that Obama is a Muslim. Trump wants to prove that Obama is lenient with terrorists because he has a soft spot for them and isn't taking the necessary steps against them.
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NBC news added a post to their website about how Donald Trump states that "Islam Hates Us". Trump believes that Muslims should not be allowed to enter the U.S. when they hate America. His beliefs are opinions and not facts. He stated that Muslims hate America, he said it like it's a known fact. Many Muslims come to America, like anyone else from a different religion, to start a better life. Donald Trump shouldn't discriminate against one group of people because he sees all Muslims as terrorists.
People should point out when a genetic fallacy is made right away so people in the future don't make personal remarks in arguments. Just because someone's beliefs are different doesn't give a person the right to attack someone on a personal level. It changes the topic of the argument from what is important and gets people talking about someone's private beliefs. Also, no one should be allowed to attack a group of people because of what religion they follow.
You hit the nail on the head here. This is, indeed the "genetic" logical fallacy. I swear, could we just have an entire series of posts on Trump fallacies? My main question--what do you mean when you say it can sometimes be false? Wouldn't the nature of the fallacy suggest it's always false?
ReplyDeletewait! actually I have a project on fallacies, that would be so helpful
DeleteThis is a great post. I think you can find a lot of genetic fallacies when it comes to Donald Trump. He has a lot of negative things to say towards different races and tweet you chose fits perfect with this logical fallacies post. I also think your last sentence is very true about how it takes people off topic and makes them start talking about the private beliefs. A lot of his statements are misguided.
ReplyDeleteI like your post because you define the genetic fallacy well through your example pertaining to Donald Trump. You can find many examples of genetic fallacies through trumps negatives posts throughout social media. Good job on this post.
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