Snow job

In this fallacy, someone behaves in a way that negatively affects others but then gets upset when others criticize their behavior. They will reply with a "mind your own business."
For instance, someone who doesn't see a reason to bathe, but then boards a full 10-hour flight.

Far too often, people speak up but fail to influence. Their message was sound, but their delivery was faulty.

Our minds use two types of information:

• diagnostic (relevant information) and
• nondiagnostic (irrelevant or inconsequential information)....

An exaggeration fallacy is committed when irrelevant causal influences are added to the argument.

For example, "My client killed Joe Smith, but the cause for his violent behaviour was eating junk food which impaired his judgment." There is no clear link between j...