Equivocation - Taxes are a true headache. Pain killers will make a headache go away. Therefore, pain killers will make taxes go away., Circular Reasoning - Fake news is harmful because it’s bad if the news isn’t real!, Conflation - Donald is innocent of the offence because he didn’t know it was an offence., Begging the Question - The Beatles is the greatest band of all time because they’ve sold more records than any other band., Denying the Antecedent - If my pet is a dog, then he has a tail. My pet is not a dog, therefore my pet does not have a tail., Post Hoc - I sneezed exactly at the same time the power went off. My sneeze must’ve done something to make the power go off., Hasty Generalization - My dad has smoked 2 packs of cigarettes every day for 20 years, and he doesn’t have any health problems. Smoking can’t be dangerous!, False Dichotomy - You are either with us or against us., Slippery Slope - If we let our government ban certain guns, they will eventually ban all guns., Ad Hominem - Friedrich Nietzsche was an ugly man who never married, you shouldn’t take any of his ideas seriously., Tu Quoque - Kate: Smoking is unhealthy for you; you really should quit.  Maria: You have been smoking for 10 years yourself, so there goes your argument., Straw Man - John: I believe sport hunting is immoral. Michael: You think we should all be vegetarians because animals are more important than people?,

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