Brandon’s Commentary

The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy says: ‘An argument commits the ad populum fallacy when it appeals to the popularity of a claim as a reason for accepting it.’ (Hansen, 2020). Hansen, Hans. “Fallacies.” The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, edited by Edward N. Zalta, Winter 2020, plato.stanford.edu/entries/fallacies/.
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The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy says: ‘Appealing to authority as a reason to believe something is fallacious whenever the authority appealed to is not really an authority in this particular subject…
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Pastor Rotolet McGee served 23 years in the Texas prison system and was released on 2024. 

The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy breaks it down like this: ‘The tu quoque fallacy involves not accepting a view or recommendation because the speaker does not follow it.’ 
 
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Scholars Scott Aikin and John Casey put it like this: ‘The straw man fallacy consists in inappropriately constructing or selecting weak (or comparatively weaker) versions of the opposition’s arguments.’
Straw Man – You twist what your opponent actually said.
Weak Man – You cherry‑pick their worst argument and act like it’s their whole case.Academia
Hollow Man – You flat‑out invent an argument nobody made, then stomp it.
Dr. P. Shockley (aka Doc Shock), who is a university professor of philosophy, allowed me to film this series at his house in his awesome library. 
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