| Prejudicial Language | Loaded or emotive terms are used to attach value or moral
goodness to believing the proposition. |
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Right thinking Canadians will agree with me that we should have another free vote on capital punishment.
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A reasonable person would agree that our income statement is too low.
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Senator Turner claims that the new tax rate will reduce
the deficit. (Here, the use of "claims" implies that what
Turner says is false.)
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The proposal is likely to be resisted by the bureaucrats
on Parliament Hill. (Compare this to: The proposal is likely
to be rejected by officials on Parliament Hill.)
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| Proof: |
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Identify the prejudicial terms used (eg. "Right thinking
Canadians" or "A reasonable person"). Show that disagreeing
with the conclusion does not make a person "wrong thinking"
or "unreasonable".
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