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Argumentum ad baculum (Latin for "argument to the cudgel" or "appeal to the stick") is the fallacy committed when one makes an appeal to force [1] to bring about the acceptance of a conclusion.
Appeal to force (argumentum ad baculum) is a special instance of this form. This form somewhat resembles modus tollens but is both different and fallacious, since "Q is undesirable" is not equivalent to "Q is false". Example
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Trump's rhetoric has been described as using "Argumentum ad baculum", or an appeal to force and intimidation to coerce behavior. [57] Trump has been noted to use either direct or veiled comments with plausible deniability suggesting the possibility of violence by his supporters.
Argumentum ad baculum – settling a question by appealing to force. Ars dictaminis – the art of writing letters, introduced and taught during the Medieval rhetorical era. Assonance – words that repeat the same vowel sound. Asyndeton – the deliberate omission of conjunctions that would normally be used.
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A fraudulent advocate may go so far as to fabricate a source in order to support a claim. For example, the "Levitt Institute" was a fake organisation created in 2009 solely for the purposes of (successfully) fooling the Australian media into reporting that Sydney was Australia’s most naive city.
The appeal to loyalty is a logical fallacy committed when the premise of an argument uses a perceived need for loyalty of some sort to distract from the issue being discussed. [1] Example B questions A's statement of x. Anyone who questions A is disloyal. Therefore, B is wrong.