Appeal to Extremes

Other Names

Reductio ad Absurdam (misuse of)

Description

When a reasonable claim is said to be false because it can be exaggerated into an extreme and absurd situation.

Example

We should not accept refugees from Syria into our country. The population of Syria is 20M people. What if they all try to come? We can't support 20M refugees.

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