Friday, October 1, 2010
Mistaking the person for the argument
The example that I am writing about is mistaking the person for the claim. Basically this means that you are disregarding the claim not because of invalidity, but because you are judging the person who said it. One example would be to not give tax breaks to Americans just because Barack Obama signed the initiative and because he is a Democrat. Mistaking the person for the argument is definitely something that we see in politics. It is definitely something that hinders the growth of our nation because politicians are making biased decisions based solely on whose party is on whose. Many Democrats would believe that tax breaks would be very beneficial to the nation, but Republicans would vote against it because Democrats would propose it. This is an illogical way of reasoning. Politicians would reject the argument solely on one reason; because the other side is getting a bit stronger. This really affects the nation as a whole because people in power make decisions based on mistaking the person for the argument.
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Mistaking the person for the claim occurs all the time neglect a claim because of the person stating it not because it is untrue. This is an example of bias because they are predisposed of not favoring the person. You make a good point that this happens a lot in politics between Republicans and Democrats. This also happens in the workplace and at school. At school I once heard someone say to someone else that they will not vote for some person to become school president because she is a dumb blond. She was not going to vote for the blond because she disliked her, not because of her ideas.
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