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    • Screenshot-8 Introduction to Media Skeptic Jul 17, 2012
    • Screenshot-9 Episode 1 The Omitted Interview Effect Jul 17, 2012
    • Screenshot-10 Episode 2: The Deception of Tight Framing Jul 17, 2012
    • Screenshot-13 Episode 3 Fraudulent Interview Editing Jul 17, 2012
    • Episode 4 Partisan Commentators Jul 17, 2012
    false_stat_slaveowners

    Meme Busting: Only 1.6% of U.S. Citizens Owned Slaves. A bogus meme based on a false premise.

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    By Dreadsen on May 9th, 2016

    This Meme is suggesting that someone is hating the entire white race on the actions of just 1.6%. It sites the U.S. Census as it’s source for the percentage of the population who were slave owners. The trick with this type of meme is the alleged source citation at the bottom of the meme “US…

    • Meme Busting
    the "Fallacy of Relative Privation" or the "Not as bad as Fallacy"

    “Fallacy of Relative Privation” or the “Not as bad as Fallacy”

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    By Dreadsen on Feb 28th, 2016

    the “Fallacy of Relative Privation” or the “Not as bad as Fallacy” that’s presented in this Disclose.Tv meme. Which is a facebook page that is a good stomping ground for teaching critical thinking. they have fallacies galore when presenting arguments about Aliens and UFO’s and what not. I offered the singular rape versus the gang…

    • Logic and Fallacies
    AdPopulumFallacy

    Ad populum fallacy or appeal to popularity fallacy.

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    By Dreadsen on Feb 22nd, 2016

    “I would love the media, there to be a month without polls. What is the value of these polls? If I am making a decision about a candidate, I want to weigh their record.” “Do I care what my neighbor thinks or the person next to me? I want to make an independent decision.” –…

    • Logic and Fallacies
    Trumpechochamber

    The Echo Chamber Effect

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    By Dreadsen on Feb 13th, 2016

    The Echo Chamber Effect What David Byrne says is true but this is not limited to Trump Supporters. By describing the “echo chamber” effect with Trump supporters this in itself may reinforce the echo chamber created by non trump supporters. One may commit to the error that this phenomena is limited to Trump supporters or…

    • Logic and Fallacies
    Meme Busting Black Actors/actresses in Oscars

    Meme Busting: Black Actresses/ Actors Last 20 years.

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    By Dreadsen on Jan 23rd, 2016

    This meme is being pushed around as a rebuttal to the latest criticism from Jada Pinkett Smith of the lack of Black Actresses/Actors being nominated for Oscar Awards in 2016. With out even running the numbers or investigating the premises of this meme A Critical Thinking look at how this meme frames it’s argument exposes…

    • Meme Busting
    Statistical Trickery

    Statistical Trickery

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    By Dreadsen on Jan 12th, 2016

    Crystal Wright from Conservative Black Chick .com Uses Statistical Trickery in order to play to false stereotypes and fears many Americans have of Black people. I will refute and expose the tactics so if you all encounter this you will know how to handle it. But first lets talk about Black conservatives who intentionally do…

    • Crime Against Logic
    forget-the-gun-debate

    The Left and The Right’s Flawed Gun Debate

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    By Dreadsen on Dec 3rd, 2015

    I’m calling B.S. on the prevailing popular arguments from both political wings on guns. A common right wing argument is that more guns and less restrictive gun laws has a correlation with less crime and gun violence. A common Left wing argument is less guns and more restrictive gun laws has a correlation with less…

    • Commentary
    blackChurchfires

    The Bogus Race War Conspiracy Theory

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    By Dreadsen on Jun 30th, 2015

    image from theblacklist This should challenge some Media and Racial Conspiracy theorists. Here are two arguments i come across quite often. One is that the media’s coverage of unarmed black people being killed by Police or Vigilante’s is part of some greater scheme to exploit fake racial conflict to achieve some greater evil. This same…

    • Conspiracy Theory
    Meme Busting: Gross numbers vs Per Capita

    Meme Busting: Chicago Per Capita Murders vs Total Gross Sum of Murders

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    By Dreadsen on Jun 23rd, 2015

    Meme Busting: One of the reasons Racism survives is because good honest people in America do not have good thinking and reasoning abilities. Their lack of Critical thinking skills is why bad arguments can be presented to them and they accept it because they think it is reasonable and sound logic. I’m about to post…

    • Meme Busting
    A Non Condescending Messaging Strategy For Conservatives

    A Non Condescending Messaging Strategy For Conservatives

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    By Dreadsen on May 12th, 2015

    I spoke to a Republican campaign organizer back in 2008. She was running a strategy for a Black tea party guy who was running for Governor. She asked me what i suggested for him to be able to reach out to get more black voters. I told her that if you follow my advice you…

    • Political Messaging
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