Deconstructing Argument

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Joe Rogan & Ted Nugent Disagree Over Marijuana

On this episode of JRE, Ted Nugent is explaining to Joe that a perfectly healthy body doesn't need an outside source or in his case drugs to perform at your peak or become the greatest at something. Whereas Joe tries to reason that there's a difference between addictive use and disciplined use, and that you can't assume just any drug use is the reason why people's lives turn down for the worse. It has to do with the habit of use.

Analogical Reasoning

Ted comparing his life to Wayne Kramer:

"He and I were both born in the same time, same influences, in Detroit. He started smoking dope, I didn't. And then he started using heroin, then crack, and started stealing, got arrested, then landed in prison. I'm having the time of my life and he's wallowing in a cesspool of dog sh*t...on the downward spiral because of drugs and alcohol."

Casual Reasoning

"My sons and daughters, brothers and sisters at Thanksgiving dinner...beer. Beer is better than coca cola vastly. It's when you start to enter the drool zone that I have a big problem where I can't rely on you anymore because you're comfortably numb." "I'm convinced that you will find your superior, definitive best without any outside influence."

Fallacies

Ted admits he does drink wine occasionally, but doesn't think that qualifies him as a drinker. However it contradicts himself claiming to be straight edge.

Ted says, "I don't need anything to make me better, it's already within me." Joe argues that he is talking from a place of inexperience as a person who doesn't use any drugs.