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38 dishonest tricks of argument

Thirty-eight dishonest tricks of argument (taken from “Straight and crooked thinking” by Robert H. Thouless, Pan Books, ISBN 0 330 24127 3, copyright 1930, 1953 and 1974): 

Emotional Language (1) The use of emotionally toned words (pp 10-25) Approach: Translate the statement into words emotionally neutral   Faulty Distribution (2) Making a statement [...]