A fallacy is a kind of error in reasoning.
Informal Fallacy: A flaw in the substance of
the argument.
Fallacies are mistaken beliefs based on unsound arguments.
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Political journalists and researchers in the field of communication studies have done an admirable job analyzing the patterns in U.S. President Donald Trump’s meandering oratory. Besides documenting over 20 thousand false and misleading claims that he made during his first three- and one-half years in office, they have methodically described how he employs various rhetorical tactics to distract, deflect, and delude. As countless news reports and scholarly publications demonstrate, Trump regularly engages in vilification, projection, obfuscation, exaggeration, fabrication, and repetition in order to shift attention away from sensitive topics, transfer blame to others, and manipulate his audience.
Ahead of Blount Pride, Tennessee District Attorney Ryan K. Desmond, Blount County Sheriff James Berrong, Maryville Police Chief Tony Crisp, and Aloca Police Chief David Carswell, according to the report, threatened “organizers with legal action under Tennessee’s Adult Entertainment Act, the state’s ban on drag shows or performances.”
ACLU-TN filed the “joint lawsuit on behalf of Blount Pride and the Christian artist and drag performer Flamy Grant on Wednesday, calling for protections for the county’s pride event,” according to the report.
Per The Messenger, Greer said in his decision, “District Attorney Desmond argues that the State of Tennessee has a ‘well-recognized, compelling interest ‘in safeguarding the physical and psychological well-being of . . . [its] minor[s]’ and that temporary restraining order would impede them from protecting ‘the wellbeing of its youth.’ But, for one thing, District Attorney Desmond appears to concede that Plaintiffs would pose no harm to children through their onstage performances.”
Additionally, the report notes that “Greer also banned the group from interfering in the event in any way, including discouraging anyone from attending.”
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