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    3 hours ago

    If 5% of the general election popular vote for POTUS, knowing that the candidate cannot win, still voted for the Green Party platform then what effect would that have upon the Democratic Party platform?

    On a five point difficulty scale this is a two. The test gets way harder than this.

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      If my grandmother had wheels she’d be a tea trolley.

      Right now the reality is the Donald Trump is going to take office because a lot of people didn’t vote for the alternative.

      All the ‘what if…?’ games in the world isn’t going to change that.

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        Thank you for the opportunity to teach.

        If my grandmother had wheels she’d be a tea trolley.

        Minimization.

        Right now the reality is the Donald Trump is going to take office because a lot of people didn’t vote for the alternative.

        Red herring.

        All the ‘what if…?’ games in the world isn’t going to change that.

        Minimization.

        This is a bit better than typical nonsense because there’s two tactics in a sandwich. Next is usually ad hominem. But, this one may have another trick up their sleeve.

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          Simply naming fallacies isn’t teaching. The point of learning fallacies isn’t so that you can just name them and feel like you’ve made a point.

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          Right now the reality is the Donald Trump is going to take office because a lot of people didn’t vote for the alternative.

          Red herring.

          You’re going to have to explain that in detail. Trump got more votes. He won. How is that anything except a cold, hard fact?