Council member: I recommend that the abandoned shoe factory be used as a municipal emergency shelter. ████ ███████ ███████ ██████ ████ ███ ██████████ █████ ██ █ ██████ ███████ █████ ███ ████ ████ ████████ ██ ████████ ██ █████ █████ ███ ████ ███████ █████ ██ █ ██████ ███████ █████
The council member concludes that the shoe factory would be a better emergency shelter site, compared the courthouse, which other council members proposed. Why? Because no evidence has been provided to show that the courthouse would be a better shelter.
This is a cookie-cutter lack of support vs. false conclusion flaw. Just because there isn’t enough support to confirm a certain conclusion, that doesn’t mean that conclusion must be wrong. The courthouse hasn’t been well-defended by opposing council members as a better shelter than the shoe factory, but that doesn’t mean it might not actually be a better shelter.
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asserting that a ████ ██ ████████ ███████ █ ████ ██ █████ ████ ███ ████ ██ ███████
The council member actually does the opposite: assuming that a lack of evidence for a view is proof that the view is incorrect.
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The council member accepts the claim that the shoe factory would be a better shelter, because advocates of the courthouse haven’t defended their choice. But a lack of support for the courthouse doesn’t necessarily make the shoe factory a better shelter in reality.
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The council member doesn’t attack the proponents of the courthouse, or say anything at all about their character.
attempting to persuade ███ ████████ ██ █████████ ██ █████ ████
The council member doesn’t appeal to the emotions of the audience, and certainly doesn’t make any appeal to fear.
attacking an argument ████ ██ ███ ████ ██ ███ ██████ ███████ ██████
The council member counters a view that is held by at least some council members: the view that the courthouse would be a better shelter site.
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