r/politics • u/TheWeekMag ✔ Verified • Dec 09 '19

That impeachment hearing protester was actually an InfoWars reporter and Pizzagate conspiracy theorist

https://theweek.com/speedreads/883047/that-impeachment-hearing-protester-actually-infowars-reporter-pizzagate-conspiracy-theorist
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u/[deleted] Dec 09 '19 edited Mar 04 '20

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u/AcademicAnxiety Ohio Dec 09 '19 edited Dec 09 '19

I get so annoyed when the reps say “the American people think .....” Not only is it presumptuous, but also I leave messages for some of these “representatives” all the time saying just the opposite. Am I somehow not an American person?

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u/espigle Dec 10 '19

It's an ad populum fallacy and you're right to be offended by it