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SammyInnit
Strawman argument.
I'm afraid it's not.
strawman
You misrepresented someone's argument to make it easier to attack.
By exaggerating, misrepresenting, or just completely fabricating someone's argument, it's much easier to present your own position as being reasonable, but this kind of dishonesty serves to undermine honest rational debate.
Example: After Will said that we should put more money into health and education, Warren responded by saying that he was surprised that Will hates our country so much that he wants to leave it defenceless by cutting military spending.
The two are not the same. Implying I personally had direct influence or control over that slogan is infact strawman argument.
It is more than malicious gossip, it is a demonstration of their xenophobic attitude.
One of them will be along any minute to deny they are xenophobic.
How many quitters, and how many times have they told us that Angel Merkel is running the EU?
It is xenophobic hysteria, just because she is not British.
The fact that she is the most important female leader in the world, the enormous success of German industry (which the quitters also keep reminding us of), the longest serving leader in the EU member nations, leader of the powerhouse of the EU and Europe.
But, hey she is foreign, so we must be scared of her!
Your xenophobic nonsense (not to mention your outright lies) might work with those who are already xenophobic, but it does not work with remainers.
Appeal to emotion.
You attempted to manipulate an emotional response in place of a valid or compelling argument.
Appeals to emotion include appeals to fear, envy, hatred, pity, pride, and more. It's important to note that sometimes a logically coherent argument may inspire emotion or have an emotional aspect, but the problem and fallacy occurs when emotion is used instead of a logical argument, or to obscure the fact that no compelling rational reason exists for one's position. Everyone, bar sociopaths, is affected by emotion, and so appeals to emotion are a very common and effective argument tactic, but they're ultimately flawed, dishonest, and tend to make one's opponents justifiably emotional.
Example: Luke didn't want to eat his sheep's brains with chopped liver and brussel sprouts, but his father told him to think about the poor, starving children in a third world country who weren't fortunate enough to have any food at all.
ad hominem
You attacked your opponent's character or personal traits in an attempt to undermine their argument.
Ad hominem attacks can take the form of overtly attacking somebody, or more subtly casting doubt on their character or personal attributes as a way to discredit their argument. The result of an ad hom attack can be to undermine someone's case without actually having to engage with it.
Example: After Sally presents an eloquent and compelling case for a more equitable taxation system, Sam asks the audience whether we should believe anything from a woman who isn't married, was once arrested, and smells a bit weird.