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SouthBayDem

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16. The classic bandwagon fallacy
Tue Jun 9, 2026, 12:14 PM
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The bandwagon fallacy, also known as the appeal to the masses or appeal to common belief fallacy, is the logical fallacy of claiming that something is true because everyone believes it. Whether that belief is actually true or not doesn’t matter—if an arguer claims that a position is true because it’s popular, the arguer is using the bandwagon fallacy.
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The thankfully former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene had a famous example when she advocated for a national divorce on grounds that everyone she knows supported it: “We need to separate by red states and blue states and shrink the federal government. Everyone I talk to says this.”

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I taught just the opposite NJCher Tuesday #1
'You know' is the short form of - "You, know 'cause I don't" dave99 Tuesday #22
"Speech crutch" ... I like that 👍🏽 live love laugh Wednesday #32
What ticks me off gab13by13 Tuesday #2
And ironically, oil spills and spewing smoke stacks are way uglier than wind turbines. SidneyR Tuesday #5
"Evidence?" is the necessary immediate response. It's what set Trump ablaze 🔥 live love laugh Wednesday #33
Inevitably, the person who says "Everybody says..." actually saw it as a meme on their cellphone FakeNoose Tuesday #3
Oh yes, that is a classic con trick PatSeg Tuesday #4
Everybody knows elected republicOns only care about the richest 1%. KS Toronado Tuesday #6
Well it's true! live love laugh Wednesday #34
Many people are saying... ToxMarz Tuesday #7
Love this one.. Permanut Tuesday #17
But how many of those people are even worth listening to? calimary Tuesday #21
Everybody knows that Republicans are pedophiles RainCaster Tuesday #8
When my students said 'everyone knows', I would answer 'everyone in the known universe?' cbabe Tuesday #9
Proof? Evidence? All you have to do is look. Harker Tuesday #10
I'll take How to Propaganda for $1000 Alex. littlemissmartypants Tuesday #11
If you precede a statement with the phrase "everybody knows" then it is highly unlikely the statement Martin68 Tuesday #12
Everyone knows...... SergeStorms Tuesday #13
Your final sentence is intentionally ironic, no? Because yes, EVERYBODY DOES KNOW . ColoringFool Tuesday #14
Yes of course PCIntern Tuesday #15
That it should be the reply every time they say, everybody knows ,these people are Nazis MacKasey Tuesday #28
The classic bandwagon fallacy SouthBayDem Tuesday #16
Wanna know what everybody knows? "Everybody Knows, ' by Leonard Cohen. 3Hotdogs Tuesday #18
Everybody knows . . . Aussie105 Tuesday #19
Yes, it's like an immune response. Usually it's for the right reasons, and produces the right results. nt eppur_se_muova Wednesday #31
"Everybody knows Todd Blanche is very honest"... kentuck Tuesday #20
Just once when trump or someone like him Figarosmom Tuesday #23
Everyone knows Trumpanzees swallow horseshit like it's chocolate JHB Tuesday #24
🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢 PCIntern Tuesday #26
Republicans love, love, LOVE to do this. Mike Johnson just fucking said it about the so-called "rigged" elections in CA Karasu Tuesday #25
Leonard Cohen had something to say about "Everybody Knows" thucythucy Tuesday #27
"EVERYBODY KNOWS" that Republicans want everyone who might vote against them, to be Jack Valentino Tuesday #29
Trmp has a very small bag full of these cliches. That one that craps me off the most is "Believe me !". eppur_se_muova Wednesday #30
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