What kind of fallacies are the following statements and why? 1. The push by fund

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What kind of fallacies are the following statements and why?

1. The push by fundamentalist bigots and morons is the first step of evil conservatives to destroy the minds of the youth and tie them into the cycle of Violent Republican Stupidity.

- Grung E. Gene, Creeping Creationism and Conservative Stupidity

2. Steven E. Jones, a 20-year professor of physics, brought unprecedented credibility to the challenges to the official explanation of the destruction of the World Trade Center skyscrapers when he published “Why Indeed did the World Trade Center Buildings Completely Collapse” in late 2005.

– Scholars for 9/11 Truth and Justice

Explanation / Answer

1. The push by fundamentalist bigots and morons is the first step of evil conservatives to destroy the minds of the youth and tie them into the cycle of Violent Republican Stupidity: Strawman Fallacy.

2.  Steven E. Jones, a 20-year professor of physics, brought unprecedented credibility to the challenges to the official explanation of the destruction of the World Trade Center skyscrapers when he published “Why Indeed did the World Trade Center Buildings Completely Collapse” in late 2005: Hasty Generalization.

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