“You are either with us or against us!” Oversimplification of options, due to selectively providing a limited set of options and not encompassing other potential options creates a false dichotomy.
Example: Either your name is Ron or your name isn’t Ron is a true dichotomy, as it has two legitimate options. But saying that either your name is Ron, or you are an idiot is a false dichotomy.
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A false dichotomy is a thinking fallacy in which a statement wrongly assumes an either/or situation, when the two solutions are in fact compatible, or there is actually a third potential option.
A logical fallacy is reasoning that contains a flaw.
Many logical fallacies rely on false premises:
The soft ultimatum tactic of the words ‘take it or leave it’ creates a false closure, benefiting the negotiators.
They apply this method to falsely limit your options, by only giving you two, whereas there are a lot more.
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