Most Americans Think Snowden Did the Right Thing, Poll Says

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143. It is a non sequitur

Because Rand Paul's points of view have nothing to do with Edward Snowden and equally Snowden's political affiliation has nothing to do with whether he did the right thing or not in exposing the NSA spying program.

They do not make logical arguments as they require the reader to make a leap of faith, requiring an assumption on the part of the reader.

The first requires you to assume that being libertarian precludes him from being correct in exposing the NSA spy program. Of course it does not.

The second requires you to assume that Rand Paul's support of marijuana legalization make him a decent politician despite his other points of view AND that Snowden's exposing of the NSA spy program makes him a good person in spite of his other points of view. Of course it does not.

Additionally, you contradict yourself between the two statements. The first suggests that a person is not a decent person because of a majority of their beliefs, but the second suggests that a person is a good person simply because of one belief that they hold.