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Logical Fallacy of Appeal to Anger / Appeal to Spite / Argumentum Ad Odium / Appeal to Hatred / Appeal to Loathing / Appeal to OutrageThe logical fallacy of appeal to anger occurs when someone presents anger as a premise rather than a true premise to support their conclusion. Logical Forms:
Examples of the Logical Fallacy of Appeal to Anger / Appeal to Spite / Argumentum Ad Odium / Appeal to Hatred / Appeal to Loathing / Appeal to Outrage
When you read this, it may seem silly, but this is very common reasoning for covetousness. It is often used by politicians to gain power. However, it is the logical fallacy of appeal to anger.
When someone comes with this much negative emotion, it can be very intimidating.
The "ax murderer" is just used as an example. This argument is used to justify many sins. Of course, the outrage is simply to help get public support. The actual argument probably goes, “We can’t help it if we were born this way with this innate desire to murder people with axes. It’s how God made us.” 
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