Unit VIII Assignment Table of Dirty Tricks

Name and Number of Dirty Trick

Decision-making Leading to Use

How You Would Detect the Trick

How You Might Counter the Trick

#1 Accuse your opponent of doing what he/she is accusing you of

#3 Appeal to authority

#4 Appeal to experience

#5

Appeal to fear

#6 Appeal to pity

#8

Appeal to tradition or faith

#9

Assume a posture of righteousness

#10 Attack the person

#15 Question your opponent’s conclusions

#17 Create a straw man

#27 Use the hard-cruel world argument

#29 Make much of any inconsistencies in your opponent’s position.

#31 Oversimplify the issue

#36 Shift the burden of proof

#39

Talk double-talk