Ridicule: Making someone or something the butt of a joke in order to convince.
A fallacy is a misleading notion and sometimes people can be confused during a discussion and be misled. Also, an argument might not even be present if a fallacy is used. Ridicule is a fallacy in which mockery is used for evidence in an argument. Ridicule is a violation of the Principle of Rational Discussion and many people ridicule others to get their point across. I don’t ridicule others because I don’t feel as if one should put someone or something down to argue their point.
An example of ridicule that I have heard in the past is “you’re a girl, so you belong in the kitchen”. One of my guy friends always jokes around with girls and tells them that women belong in the kitchen and that’s all were good for. He always ridicules my girlfriends and me and tells us to go make him a sandwich or clean up after him. He needs to understand we aren’t his maid or slaves!
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