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<h3>Logical Fallacy: Special Pleading&mdash;The author creates a one-sided argument by including favorable data and excluding unfavorable data through improper means. In this case, the author "moved the goalpost" by changing his argument when his original claim was shown to be false.</h3>{{#if:{{{1|}}}|{{{1}}}}}
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Latest revision as of 14:53, 24 April 2017

Logical Fallacy: Special Pleading—The author creates a one-sided argument by including favorable data and excluding unfavorable data through improper means. In this case, the author "moved the goalpost" by changing his argument when his original claim was shown to be false.

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