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|apologist='''Dismissal of apologists' use of new data as simply a desperate ploy'''—When the facts don't stack up in the critics' favor, simply imply that apologists are executing a desperate ploy to try and distract you. | |apologist='''Dismissal of apologists' use of new data as simply a desperate ploy'''—When the facts don't stack up in the critics' favor, simply imply that apologists are executing a desperate ploy to try and distract you. | ||
|beg the question='''Begging the question''': Critics will often assume what they are trying to prove in how they frame questions or describe issues. | |beg the question='''Begging the question''': Critics will often assume what they are trying to prove in how they frame questions or describe issues. | ||
| − | | caricature='''Caricature believers' arguments'''—Rather than accurately report and respond to an argument offered by a believer, | + | | caricature='''Caricature believers' arguments'''—Rather than accurately report and respond to an argument offered by a believer, the critic caricaturizes it and then mocks their own straw man version. |
| change opinion='''Believers aren't allowed to change their opinions''': if believers don't abandon their faith because of the critics' arguments, they are "ignoring the evidence." When believers change their opinions as new data become available, the critics triumphantly declare that this means the believers are being inconsistent or caving in. | | change opinion='''Believers aren't allowed to change their opinions''': if believers don't abandon their faith because of the critics' arguments, they are "ignoring the evidence." When believers change their opinions as new data become available, the critics triumphantly declare that this means the believers are being inconsistent or caving in. | ||
|despair='''Believers are characterized to be in a state of "desperation" or "despair"'''—Critics wish to make it appear that believers are never on solid ground based upon facts and that any attempt to support their belief is an act of desperation or despair. | |despair='''Believers are characterized to be in a state of "desperation" or "despair"'''—Critics wish to make it appear that believers are never on solid ground based upon facts and that any attempt to support their belief is an act of desperation or despair. | ||
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