This fallacy is committed when someone manipulates peoples' emotions in order to get them to accept a claim as being true. More formally, this sort of "reasoning" involves the substitution of various means of producing strong emotions in place of evidence for a claim. If the favorable emotions associated with X influence the person to accept X as true because they "feel good about X," then he has fallen prey to the fallacy.
Yeah, I glanced on the website to make sure I was not sharing something from a problematic source. Apart from that I know nothing about it, it was listed as a reference on Wikipedia and I thought...
Yeah, I glanced on the website to make sure I was not sharing something from a problematic source. Apart from that I know nothing about it, it was listed as a reference on Wikipedia and I thought a shorter article that was not Wikipedia would be better received. It's a good article too -- simple and to the point.
Thank you for the lyrics and the affectionate comments. It's always nice to get those. You're a nice dude.
We are all flawed, messed up in our own particular ways. At the very least you took some time to share a good sentiment with someone. That is not a selfish act. Be well my friend.
We are all flawed, messed up in our own particular ways. At the very least you took some time to share a good sentiment with someone. That is not a selfish act. Be well my friend.
Yeah, I glanced on the website to make sure I was not sharing something from a problematic source. Apart from that I know nothing about it, it was listed as a reference on Wikipedia and I thought a shorter article that was not Wikipedia would be better received. It's a good article too -- simple and to the point.
Thank you for the lyrics and the affectionate comments. It's always nice to get those. You're a nice dude.
We are all flawed, messed up in our own particular ways. At the very least you took some time to share a good sentiment with someone. That is not a selfish act. Be well my friend.