Difference between revisions of "Template:Antispeak"

|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, it is easier to caricature it and mock the straw man version that you have created.

| caricature='''Caricature believers' arguments'''—Rather than accurately report and respond to an argument offered by a believer, it is easier to caricature it and mock the straw man version that you have created.

|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.

|doesn't count='''Doesn't count''': Anti-Mormons like to claim the Church ''never'' or ''rarely'' does something, and then insist that every counter-example doesn't really count (if they mention them at all).  This lets them ignore all evidence contrary to their position.

|doesn't count='''Doesn't count''': Anti-Mormons like to claim the Church ''never'' or ''rarely'' does something, and then insist that every counter-example doesn't really count (if they mention them at all).  This lets them ignore all evidence contrary to their position.