Discussing Emotional Arguments
Emotional appeals are bad arguments because people tend to use emotionally charged language in place of arguments. Emotionally charged language sometimes appears in definitions, and when it does the definition is a persuasive definition and sets the stage for a false argument. Also, emotionally charged language includes not only words that generate emotions but also words that suppress them, such as euphemisms.
First, the Straw Man Fallacy misrepresents another person’s argument in order to one’s argument seem stronger. Also a person will deliberately not state specific information to falsify their argument and weaken the other person’s argument. For example, one person attacks another person position of the argument.
The most common cause