FALLACIES: LOADED LABEL

By: Tristan Haight

Definitions

Fallacy: A mistaken belief, especially one based on an unsound argument.

Loaded label fallacy: A definition of the topic by both the opposing side and the supporting side of an argument or issue that will alter its meaning to influence an audience.

Description of Example #1

Aside from the few fallacies before the loaded label example: “Oh, I forgot! Your one of those liberal demarcates who thinks all Americans deserve free healthcare and free lunch money.” This is a negative assumption that all liberal demarcates share the same views and ideas about the topic being debated about.

Description of Example #2

This video shows loaded labels by using the world’s largest pig and compares is to Medicare as an analogy. The pig can be view as both as a achievement (positive), or a really fat over weight pig (negative). You could either feed the pig were the public option of healthcare become more popular private option, put the pig on a diet by creating nonprofit agencies yet still leaves millions without healthcare, or to feed the pig were the our nation runs on socialism.