Although I could care less about Adolf Hitler, reading this article made me realize what more of a silly he was.
I honestly did not know Hilter published the book. I thought he was busy enough slaughtering all those innocent people.
Hmm anyways, Chapter 11 of Mein Kampf is called "On Nation And Race" and this packet contained many fallacies that I was able to point out or my classmates & Mr.Basinger.
Starting from the first sentence, one can see an example of Ad Hominem. Ad Hominem literally means, "againt the man," the ad hominem fallacy refers to an attack on the person making the argument instead of the argument itself. Mr. Hitler said, "THERE are some truths, which are so obvious that for this very reason they are not seen or at least not recognized by ordinary people." He is pointing out that "ordinary people" cannot see things that are right under their nose but he can, therefore he is superior over "ordinary people." Hitler needs to feel that he is extraordinary and he thinks that whatever he believes in is correct.
False Analogy is when an analogy is descriptive, but does not offer proof of a connection between the two things being compared. One can see Mr. Hitler's use of this fallacy when he wrote, "Every animal mates only with a member of the same species. The titmouse seeks the titmouse, the finch the finch, the stork the stork, the field mouse the field mouse, the dormous the dormous, the wolf the she-wolf, etc." Damn, Hitler must have really liked mice. Hitler was trying to say that every animal mates only with a member of the same species and that humans should not be an except to this rule. Hitler believes that different races means of different species but there are no such thing as sub-species among humans. Hitler made a false analogy because we (humans) are all homo sapiens. Our society today proves this point wrong because so many bi/multi-racial people have been coming out on top and making a big impact. For example, Hines Ward who has an amazing and contagious smile!
Faulty Use of Authority is the attempt to add credibility to a claim by citing the opinions of supposed experts. One can notice the use of this fallacy when Hitler claims that it is the "Divine Plan" that some people are superior over others. Who are we to go against Mother Nature? This claim is wrong in so many ways. Hitler is trying to say that people believe in a racist God. Umm, oh hellll no. God loves everyone equally regardless of sex, race, age and etc. No matter how much I dislike one person, that's not going to change God's love for them.
I honestly did not know Hilter published the book. I thought he was busy enough slaughtering all those innocent people.
Hmm anyways, Chapter 11 of Mein Kampf is called "On Nation And Race" and this packet contained many fallacies that I was able to point out or my classmates & Mr.Basinger.
Starting from the first sentence, one can see an example of Ad Hominem. Ad Hominem literally means, "againt the man," the ad hominem fallacy refers to an attack on the person making the argument instead of the argument itself. Mr. Hitler said, "THERE are some truths, which are so obvious that for this very reason they are not seen or at least not recognized by ordinary people." He is pointing out that "ordinary people" cannot see things that are right under their nose but he can, therefore he is superior over "ordinary people." Hitler needs to feel that he is extraordinary and he thinks that whatever he believes in is correct.
False Analogy is when an analogy is descriptive, but does not offer proof of a connection between the two things being compared. One can see Mr. Hitler's use of this fallacy when he wrote, "Every animal mates only with a member of the same species. The titmouse seeks the titmouse, the finch the finch, the stork the stork, the field mouse the field mouse, the dormous the dormous, the wolf the she-wolf, etc." Damn, Hitler must have really liked mice. Hitler was trying to say that every animal mates only with a member of the same species and that humans should not be an except to this rule. Hitler believes that different races means of different species but there are no such thing as sub-species among humans. Hitler made a false analogy because we (humans) are all homo sapiens. Our society today proves this point wrong because so many bi/multi-racial people have been coming out on top and making a big impact. For example, Hines Ward who has an amazing and contagious smile!
Faulty Use of Authority is the attempt to add credibility to a claim by citing the opinions of supposed experts. One can notice the use of this fallacy when Hitler claims that it is the "Divine Plan" that some people are superior over others. Who are we to go against Mother Nature? This claim is wrong in so many ways. Hitler is trying to say that people believe in a racist God. Umm, oh hellll no. God loves everyone equally regardless of sex, race, age and etc. No matter how much I dislike one person, that's not going to change God's love for them.
Begging the Questions occurs when the arguer assures that the question being argued has already been proved. Hitler claimed that the "Aryans are superior." Aryans is a modern word referring to the blond-haired, blue-eyed physical ideal of Nazi Germany. Hitler said that without proving anything because he just assumed that it was fact.
*Reading this packet made me want to look back at the history of the Holocaust and as we all know, it was some scary sheeeeet that I hope never, ever happens again.
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Make up this post when you can. I like your commentary and layout of your blog. 12/12 for week 1.
yess sir!
hehe, thank you (:
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