A Fallacy Nunn Analysis

In today's media many people have different opinions on different matters, whether them being big or small. Many filled with fallacies misleading the reader in the path the writer wants you to think. A fallacy is a mistaken belief, especially one based on unsound arguments. A big topic right now is Equality for men in abusive situations. Park Rapids Enterprise posted a letter to the editor, written by Carol Nunn on this topic. This letter was written about any specific article but she speaks on how she feels on Men’s rights. She did do a very good job of getting her point out but, a few fallacies were noticed. Nunn goes in on the matter of domestic abuse being one sided as she went on with her letter. Nunn also displays a few fallacies such
This is when the writer gives an opinion about something based off of the past. In this case Nunn immediately goes in making statements about women being able to be just as harmful as men, and how some can even harm their own body. She is ranting about all these different subjects with no support of the claims she is making. She also goes on about how women can cause men to do this by having affairs. Nunn says, “There are so many women that go out on their boyfriend or husband and have affairs and don't think she's done nothing wrong.” Nunn is making it seem like they are all the same when all women can be very
But it didn't go unnoticed. A slippery slope commonly suggests that if one step or action is taken it will invariably lead to similar steps or actions, the end results of which are negative or undesirable. A slippery slope always assume a chain reaction of cause-effect events which result in some eventual dire outcome. Which is basically like a prediction based off of the writer's point of view which may or may not be true. If this happens then this will happen is the way the writer is portraying this part of the letter. Nunn says, “Then they say men did it and men get in trouble. Then men or boyfriends have to leave the house so they don't have arguments between them.” She is displaying a common household fight with a wife or girlfriend, which I think in this case implies the slippery slope fallacy making this statement misleading to the reader.

A fallacy commonly misleads a reader to believing the information the writer is providing. And I feel that the writer knows that they are doing these things sometimes to get an advantage but many are noticeable and can make your letter seem unreliable. THe information that you could be granting me could be valid but the way Nunn presented it made me second guess her every word. Fallacies are used everyday commonly in everyday talk. Bigger news networks try to stay away from using fallacies when reporting news but, every now and then a fallacy