Appeal to Spite
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Description
A specific type of appeal to emotion where an argument is made through exploiting people's bitterness or spite towards an opposing party.
Example
John Smith voted against protecting your religious rights and took away your medical exemptions. We can't trust his opinion on global warming.
Famous Examples
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Hitler took the guns, Stalin took the guns, Mao took the guns, Fidel Castro took the guns, Hugo Chávez took the guns. And I am here to tell you, 1776 WILL COMMENCE AGAIN IF YOU TRY TO TAKE OUR FIREARMS!
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I want you to know, young man, we will be watching you continually while we protect the Transhumanists putting cancer viruses in our children's shots!
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Scum, nazi, filth, trash, garbage, maggots. We're all ruled by little chicken-neck nellies, going "Kill everybody!
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I start thinking about Bill Gates, that little chicken-neck, hopping around, little murdering eugenicist. You know how he walks, like a demonic elf. "I'm Bill Gates! I'm gonna shoot you up with something that's gonna kill you deader than a hammer. How's a 30 year death from gut disease sound, African children? Roll up the sleeves! I'm a little chicken-neck bastard, and nobody's got the will to see what I am!"
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Well, my thoughts are that marriage is between a man and a woman. It's a well-established, fundamental pillar of society and no group, be they gays, be they NAMBLA, be they people who believe in bestiality. It doesn't matter what they are. They don't get to change the definition.
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Once the war against Saddam Hussein begins, we expect every American to support our military, and if you can't do that, just shut up. Americans, and indeed our foreign allies, who actively work against our military once the war is underway, will be considered enemies of the state by me.
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Put that in your pipe, you left-wing kooks.
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I know those guys who wear visors are sweeties, but that’s a little too much.
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It's about giving control to Comcast and Verizon, the two most evil companies on this planet. If you Google search for Comcast right now a swastika shows up so stop acting like we're all whining babies who don't understand this complex thing...
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Someone must not be afraid to say, "moral perversion is wrong." If we do not act now, homosexuals will "own" America! If you and I do not speak up now, this homosexual steamroller will literally crush all decent men, women, and children who get in its way ... and our nation will pay a terrible price!
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California Gov says yes to poisoning more children with mercury and aluminum in manditory [sic] vaccines. This corporate fascist must be stopped.
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Adolf Hitler, for instance, was an avid evolutionist. In order to comprehend Hitler's reasoning, one must go back to evolution to understand why he did the things that he did, and thought the way he thought.
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However, on the flipside, fake news is also dangerous in that it is quickly becoming a tool used by the left to silence their political enemies. Like waving a magic wand, the liberals have learned that all they have to do is label conservative content as “fake news” and then make the case that its “fakeness” justifies censorship and anti-free speech regulations.
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So you're mining stuff to craft with and crafting stuff to mine with? Did your dad invent this game?
Context: Rick and Morty season 3 episode 10 - The Rickchurian Mortydate -
My friends, there's a revolution coming when mankind discovers who we are and what we can do. Each of us will face a choice; be enslaved or rise up to rule. Choose freely but know that if you are not with us then by definition you are against us. So you can stay and fight for the people who hate and fear you, or you can join me and live like kings and queens.
Context: X-Men: First Class (film) -
Either you are for the war [in Iraq] or you hate America
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Thank you for calling the White House. Unfortunately, we cannot answer your call today because congressional Democrats are holding government funding, including funding for our troops and other national security priorities, hostage to an unrelated immigration debate. Due to this obstruction, the government is shut down.
(White House voicemail message)
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Here's something Direct TV won't tell you. They hate puppies.
Fact: They charge you every month for HD service.
Fact: Time warner HD cable is free - saves you what could be hundreds of dollars. You could spend those hundreds of dollars on like a mountain of dog food.
Fact: puppies love dog food therefore Direct TV hates puppies.
Context: Advertizement
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