{"id":1130,"date":"2001-10-14T10:06:22","date_gmt":"2001-10-14T15:06:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/?p=1130"},"modified":"2001-10-14T10:06:22","modified_gmt":"2001-10-14T15:06:22","slug":"fallacies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2001\/10\/14\/fallacies.html","title":{"rendered":"Fallacies"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fallacies<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n

This is a fine, fine site (a posting of information from Michael C. Labossiere) on rhetorical fallacies and other crimes against reason.<\/p>\n

Next time you have the impression that someone’s arguments aren’t making sense, but can’t quite identify how, check here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Fallacies This is a fine, fine site (a posting of information from Michael C. Labossiere) on rhetorical fallacies and other crimes against reason. 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