I read up on a recent Democratic debate where Religion was not mentioned once. Actually it was, it was mentioned at the end, and that was to make a point that Religion was not mentioned. That mention came from former Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley. This is what he said: "What you heard tonight...was a very, very different debate than from the sort of debate you heard from the two presidential Republican debates...on this stage, you didn't hear anyone denigrate women, you didn't hear anyone make racist comments about new American immigrants, you didn't hear anyone speak ill of another American because of their religious belief. What you heard instead on this stage tonight was an honest search for answers that will move our country forward..."
The fallacy I find here is that when
the former governor was speaking he was implying that the Republicans are
doing this, and this would imply all republicans and generalizing that his
party is the way to go. He is saying look at us as an example because we don't do
bash on religion nor other controversy's at all, when in
turn him saying this is putting Republicans down in the first place.
Another Fallacy that I find with this
article is that it is projected on Christiantoday.com. This site has mostly
Christian viewers and with this type of posting they are painting a picture of
"who the democrats really are" in eyes of the Christians. They were leading with the title "God does not get mentioned in the the 2016 presidential debate".
Our society has gotten too hung up on the
Freedom of Religion notion that we forget that this involves and protects
individuals that do not believe in god. When one says religion, you can
guess that 99.97% of the time that they believe in some form of a god. People
tend to only group individuals who believe in god, period
and exclude those that do not believe in god, or do
not express it as much.
When referring to Freedom of Religion
you get into the topics of abortion and same sex marriage etc. These topics get
heated because of the many different morals and belief systems
in the United States. If Freedom of Religion can be redefined than a lot
of these problems would not be as controversial or even exist.
My belief is that this is why this topic is being brought up
and fought over so much.
I believe that this will always be a continuous battle. There is know possible way that this can stop unless it is by complete unity and trust in one another. We have such different values and morals and ethic/culture backgrounds that this would be a very large feat to overcome.
http://www.christiantoday.com/article/god.doesnt.get.a.mention.in.the.democrat.presidential.debate/67613.htm
Great point on finding a discrepancy because the context of the article-- obviously an argument from bias, but what specific fallacy would that be?
ReplyDeleteGreat point on finding a discrepancy because the context of the article-- obviously an argument from bias, but what specific fallacy would that be?
ReplyDeleteIn the art of critical thinking, the fallacy lies with the fact that by making the statements that he did, he made a sweeping generality about the other parties in the race (not just republicans). Great article on persuasion based on a bias.
ReplyDeleteIn the art of critical thinking, the fallacy lies with the fact that by making the statements that he did, he made a sweeping generality about the other parties in the race (not just republicans). Great article on persuasion based on a bias.
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