It’s one of the most consequential elections that we’ve had.” Hillary Clinton.Īn appeal to emotion is the manipulation of emotion in order to win an argument. We are going to be choosing a president who will set policy for not just four or eight years, but because of some of the important decisions we have to make here at home and around the world, from the Supreme Court to energy and so much else, and so there is a lot at stake. This is not an ordinary time, and this is not an ordinary election. “So I believe that this election has become in part so - so conflict-oriented, so intense because there’s a lot at stake. The example is also a form of appeal to ridicule by using ISIS to make his taped comments appear unimportant/ridiculous in comparison and appeals to emotion. In the example given, Donald Trump uses a red herring, the fight against ISIS, to distract from the main point which is about the comments he is heard saying on a recording from 2005. And I will tell you, I will take care of ISIS.” Donald Trump on the 2005 video that was released prior to the debate.Ī red herring fallacy is when one misleads or distracts from the main issue. ISIS happened a number of years ago in a vacuum that was left because of bad judgment. But it’s locker room talk, and it’s one of those things. Let’s look at 5 logical fallacies from the second presidential debate between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump held on Tuesday, October 4, 2016. A logical fallacy is a flaw in reasoning that lead to false assertions.
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