Logical fallacy post DUCE.

We chose to cover the topic of playing to general sentiments. It's very easy to jump on the band wagon and join in when everyone is feeling the same way, such as every president is a god fearing, patriotic american rather than just some one who feels a strong sense of duty to help their country, both electives want to help the country of course and both are patriotic, but that is not enough you must love god and family values as well as make them obvious to others. It's also the kind of under dog effect, people like the little guy winning against a big force, it's a little small taste of what we all want in life, which is exactly what playing to general sentiments is about. Sometimes I use it, in fact I almost use it in all of my papers because it is such a great way to get the reader on your side, when people get emotional or connected to something that makes them feel good, even if they crack a slight smile you've won them over, and since most of the people reading our work are teachers it's nice to have them happy when they're grading your stuff. It can be bad though if you do use it too much because people tend to call bullshit or ignore you because you don't accept anything other than what you believe and you might sound a ignorant or uneducated.

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