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Preacher’s "We" / Salesman's "We" / Politician's "We" FallacyPreacher's "we" is one of the many smokescreens that are used to cover the fact that the reasoning is based on one of the three fallacies of Agrippa's trilemma. Whenever a logical fallacy is committed, the fallacy has its roots in Agrippa's trilemma. All human thought (without Divine revelation) is based on one of three unhappy possibilities. These three possibilities are infinite regression, circular reasoning, or axiomatic thinking. This problem is known as Agrippa's trilemma. Some have claimed that only logic and math can be known without Divine revelation; however, that is not true. Without Divine revelation, neither logic nor math can be known. Science is also limited to the pragmatic because of the weakness on human reasoning, which is known as Agrippa's trilemma. The Preacher’s/Salesman's/Politician's "We" Fallacy occurs when a word such as “we” or “us” is used to give a hedge when talking about a specific person (usually the audience). Often, this can be a veiled accusation. It is not always a fallacy. A politician's worth his salt will be talking about himself if he is talking about anyone else. In this case it isn’t a fallacy. It is dealing with reality in humility. However, there is something self-righteous about human nature that like to point fingers. When this is done, the “we” covers. In some instance, the word, "we" is a sly way of creating a bandwagon fallacy. The "we" can be used to create a false consensus or a false impression of consensus. When a false impression of consensus is created, this can be used to pressure dissenters into silence. Examples of the Preacher’s "We" / Salesman's "We" / Politician's "We" Fallacy
The teacher really means to ask whether the student is having a problem, but doesn't want to be direct or else wants to be sarcastic.
Here, Bill uses the politician's we to create a false sense of bandwagon. He is trying to win the audience to his side with this odd bit of grammar. Later in His presentation, he gets to his political points. He wants to censor the Creation-Flood scientific model.
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