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SouthBayDem

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16. The classic bandwagon fallacy
Tue Jun 9, 2026, 12:14 PM
14 hrs ago
The bandwagon fallacy, also known as the appeal to the masses or appeal to common belief fallacy, is the logical fallacy of claiming that something is true because everyone believes it. Whether that belief is actually true or not doesn’t matter—if an arguer claims that a position is true because it’s popular, the arguer is using the bandwagon fallacy.
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The thankfully former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene had a famous example when she advocated for a national divorce on grounds that everyone she knows supported it: “We need to separate by red states and blue states and shrink the federal government. Everyone I talk to says this.”

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I taught just the opposite NJCher 17 hrs ago #1
'You know' is the short form of - "You, know 'cause I don't" dave99 7 hrs ago #22
What ticks me off gab13by13 17 hrs ago #2
And ironically, oil spills and spewing smoke stacks are way uglier than wind turbines. SidneyR 16 hrs ago #5
Inevitably, the person who says "Everybody says..." actually saw it as a meme on their cellphone FakeNoose 16 hrs ago #3
Oh yes, that is a classic con trick PatSeg 16 hrs ago #4
Everybody knows elected republicOns only care about the richest 1%. KS Toronado 16 hrs ago #6
Many people are saying... ToxMarz 16 hrs ago #7
Love this one.. Permanut 8 hrs ago #17
But how many of those people are even worth listening to? calimary 7 hrs ago #21
Everybody knows that Republicans are pedophiles RainCaster 15 hrs ago #8
When my students said 'everyone knows', I would answer 'everyone in the known universe?' cbabe 15 hrs ago #9
Proof? Evidence? All you have to do is look. Harker 15 hrs ago #10
I'll take How to Propaganda for $1000 Alex. littlemissmartypants 15 hrs ago #11
If you precede a statement with the phrase "everybody knows" then it is highly unlikely the statement Martin68 15 hrs ago #12
Everyone knows...... SergeStorms 15 hrs ago #13
Your final sentence is intentionally ironic, no? Because yes, EVERYBODY DOES KNOW . ColoringFool 15 hrs ago #14
Yes of course PCIntern 14 hrs ago #15
That it should be the reply every time they say, everybody knows ,these people are Nazis MacKasey 3 hrs ago #28
The classic bandwagon fallacy SouthBayDem 14 hrs ago #16
Wanna know what everybody knows? "Everybody Knows, ' by Leonard Cohen. 3Hotdogs 8 hrs ago #18
Everybody knows . . . Aussie105 7 hrs ago #19
"Everybody knows Todd Blanche is very honest"... kentuck 7 hrs ago #20
Just once when trump or someone like him Figarosmom 6 hrs ago #23
Everyone knows Trumpanzees swallow horseshit like it's chocolate JHB 5 hrs ago #24
🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢 PCIntern 5 hrs ago #26
Republicans love, love, LOVE to do this. Mike Johnson just fucking said it about the so-called "rigged" elections in CA Karasu 5 hrs ago #25
Leonard Cohen had something to say about "Everybody Knows" thucythucy 4 hrs ago #27
"EVERYBODY KNOWS" that Republicans want everyone who might vote against them, to be Jack Valentino 2 hrs ago #29
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