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By Adam Speaking
Zero PoliticsDec 07, 2020
W.H.O Moves the Goalposts by Changing the Definition of "Herd Immunity"
In today's episode (#18) I read an article I wrote about the logical fallacy of moving the goalposts which was recently exemplified by the World Health Organization who changed their definition of Herd Immunity for clearly political reasons. Check out my full article at adamspeaking.com
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Irresponsible Non Sequiturs by Gateway Pundit and Tucker Carlson
In today's show I discuss two very irresponsible non sequiturs I stumbled on this week. They're so bad they're almost not worth bringing up, but I KNOW that lots of people won't even catch these glaring problems. In the Gateway Pundit case the headline is completely unsupported by the evidence cited the article. It's as if the article was written for another headline. In the trucker Carlson case it's almost as if Tucker just needed to find an example to fit his criticism rather than reporting relevant news.
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"Suitcases" Full of Ballots?
In episode 16 I ask why conservatives are repeating this story about "suitcases" full of ballots in Georgia? I make the case that those suitcase are just ballot bags with chain-of-custody paper work on them. "Ballot bags" are the names of the suitcase like bags on rollers that are used to transport ballots. You can look these ballot bags up online yourself. The video purporting to show suitcase full of ballots has been purported to be highly suspicious by conservatives on Fox News, NewsMax, OANN, and all over the internet. The video and the theory is a distraction from good evidence for fraud.
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The Illogical Nature of Democrat Representative's Attempted Rebuttals to Eyewitness Testimony in Michigan
In episode #15 I discussed the illogical nature of Democrat representative's attempted rebuttals to eyewitness testimony in Michigan. I also discussed the way some partisans on Twitter took clips out of context to misinform their audiences as to the nature of the eyewitness testimony. If you like the show, consider donating. :-)
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The Daily Beast’s Purposeful Distortion of the PA Supreme Court Decision
Whenever a controversial decision is made by a court you can rest assured that the news media will find a way to misrepresent the decision in an attempt to misinform the public. It happens every time without fail. On the twenty-fifth of November the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania dismissed a petition for review filed by a group of Republican legislators...
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The Political Battle Over Wiping The Dominion Voting Machines, Why it's Important, and How We Can Do Better
THE BATTLE OVER REFORMATTING AND UPDATING THE DOMINION VOTING MACHINES, WHY IT'S IMPORTANT, AND HOW WE CAN DO BETTER.
It was reported that Brad Raffensperger had ordered all Dominion Voting machines in Georgia to be wiped clean and have a new version of software installed. However, in a public address Raffensperger denied that claim saying that he did NOT make such an order. He merely allowed for the removal of the data, and software, from the Dominion machines...
A judge ordered a stop to wiping the machines and installing new software, only to reverse his decision hours later. The basis for reversing the decision was that the machines were not in possession of Dominion voting, but in the possessions of the state election facility. I personally don’t know what that has to do with it. Later that night the judge placed a restraining order on Dominion Voting from accessing these machines in order to protect the software on the machines from being wiped....
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Logic Checking CNN's Fact Check of Dominion Voting Connections, Quick Rundown of Circumstantial Evidence of Fraud in the Election, & NY Times Claim that The Great Reset is a Conspiracy Theory
Logic Checking CNN's Fact Check of Dominion Voting Connections, Quick Rundown of Circumstantial Evidence of Fraud in the Election, & NY Times Claim that The Great Reset is a Conspiracy Theory.
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LOGIC Checking the fact checkers in the 2020 Election - 2+ Hours of Critical Thinking
I spent over 2 hours logic checking the fact checkers regarding the 2020 election. I discussed several news stories that were "fact checked" irresponsibly, and show their gross critical thinking errors. I also threw in some other stories for good measure.
The left-leaning media, including Fox News, has continued to state that Trump's legal accusations of fraud are "baseless," and "without evidence." However, I don't think his legal team is showing up to court with empty pieces of paper containing no arguments, and no evidence. On the contrary they are providing "evidence." Whether that evidence is "proof" of fraud, or mistakes, and enough to change the outcome of the election is not for me to decide, but what I can do is point out the highly irrational arguments being made by the "fact checkers." Straw man arguments, red herring arguments, and non-sequiturs abound. I also discuss a few little 'debates' I had with people online that provide excellent examples of how badly we need critical thinking courses taught in high school.
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Jack Dorsey's Logically Fallacious Response to Ted Cruz, The Truth about GDP growth, & Gateway Pundit's Misleading Hunter Biden Headline
Ted Cruz asked Jack Dorsey if Twitter can influence the election. Jack Dorsey’s response was logically absurd.
“Trump Campaign Celebrates Massive GDP Increase” - But is it justified?
And the Gateway Pundit runs with a very misleading headline about Hunter Biden’s affair with a Russian passport holder.
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Logic Checking the Fact Checkers Response to Joe Bidens Flip-Flop on Fracking
In this episode I logic check the fact checker’s response to Joe Biden’s flip-flop on Fracking. The Associated Press and CNN had opposing headlines - who’s right?
Neither of them are quite right, and here’s why.
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Does Liberty Mean The Freedom To Infect Other People? A Critique Of Paul Krugman’s Argument For Federal Government Covid-19 Mandates
Ep #8 - Does Liberty Mean The Freedom To Infect Other People? A Critique Of Paul Krugman’s Argument For Federal Government Covid-19 Mandates
In this episode I critique Paul Krugman’s hypocrisy, and inconsistency, with regard to demanding government mandates.
Krugman argues that:
“many things should be matters of individual choice. The government has no business dictating your cultural tastes, your faith or what you decide to do with other consenting adults.”
But Krugman has spent his who career advocating for the government to make it their business what you do with other consenting adults.
He also suggests that any time we do anything that could potentially put any one else at risk the government should get involved. But that’s just absurd. Think of all of the things we do every day that have some risk involved for others. Driving cars, playing sports, etc.
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A Critical Analysis of Trump’s QAnon Question and Answer
A Critical Analysis of Trump’s QAnon Question and Answer
In today’s episode I provide a critical analysis of Trump’s Answer to Guthrie’s question regarding QAnon and Trump’s willingness to disavow, and/or condemn QAnon.
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What is QAnon? A Couple of Key Points
- QAnon is not a conspiracy theory, it’s a group of followers of Q who is allegedly a White House insider leaking classified information online. So QAnon is not a conspiracy theory, but rather a group of people who believe a conspiracy theory.
- QAnon does not claim that DEMOCRATS run a satanic child sex-trafficking ring. They claim that:
- Both some democrats, republicans, celebrities, and wealthy elites are involved in a child trafficking. Some of it is satanic, but not all of it.
- Trump knows about this, and plans mass arrests and indictments of people within this group.
Trump Does Side-Step This Issue To A Certain Degree, But Why and Is He Justified In Doing So?
- Trump knows that Q has million of followers and the doesn’t want to lose those votes.
- Trump is against pedophilia - at least publicly - and so he wanted to point out that QAnon is at least correct in that respect.
- I think Tump likes the idea of being seen as a savior, and won’t often disavow people who treat him that way. Although he did disavow people like David Duke who endorsed him for president.
Trump was right to discuss the nuance of the issue, and Savannah Guthrie was intellectually dishonest in both her summary of QAnon and her request that Trump disavow the entirety of QAnon’s opinions.
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Logical Flaws In Arguments over Hunter Biden's Laptop
In today’s episode of Zero Politics I discuss various logical fallacies at play in debates over Hunter Biden’s laptop and the contents therein. I also provide examples of the Red Herring logical fallacy from Trump.
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Oct 15, 2020 ACB Hearings, changing definitions for politics, and Twitter & Facebook's massive censorship on behalf of Job Biden
Today’s show is a combination of both yesterday’s and today’s recordings. I discussed a random group of topics that have been in the news regarding the ACB Hearings, changing definitions for political purposes, and Twitter & Facebook's massive censorship and cover-up of the breaking Hunter Biden stories.
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Redefining "Court-Packing" & The Logical Fallacy of Equivocation in Political Discourse & Commentary on the Destruction of California
The logical fallacy of Equivocation is one of those fallacies that is often easy to spot, but in some cases flies completely under the radar. Equivocation is often pivotal to propaganda and political manipulation
The recent attempt by Democrats to use the term court-packing to refer to the imminent approval of Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court is an example of equivocation. And, frankly, a very poor attempt on their part. They followed it up by attempting to redefine the term as “depoliticization.” An equally egregious attempt to manipulate the public.
I also discussed the state of California, as well as few other short clips including a segment by Kyle Kulinski on an argument for universal single payer healthcare.
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New Associated Press Stylebook Discourages Use of ‘Riot,’ Expands Definition of ‘Protest’ to Include ‘Violence’ - An example of the news media's use of the logical fallacy of equivocation.
In today’s episode I discuss how updates to the Associated Press stylebook discourage use of the word ‘riot,’ and how they've expanded the definition of the word ‘protest’ to include ‘violence’." I discuss how this equivocation (an often used logical fallacy) is common in propaganda. In my opinion this is a perfect example of how words are being redefined for propagandistic purposes. I also discuss, for a moment, some of the flaws in both the Left and the Right's take on Black Lives Matter, and Antifa, protests. And at the end I spend a few minutes discussing an example of the varied use of the words "claim" and "said" in news media reporting in order to suggest clear implications to readers and listeners.
Dexamethasone, Trump's "Mussolini Moment," Michelle Obama on allegations of racism, Post-covid vs Pre-covid economy, Jill Biden's "handling" of Joe Biden, Are the news media all leftists, and more
Zero Politics focuses on critical thinking in politics. Adam critiques the logic of arguments from both sides of the political paradigm. Zero bias, zero partisanship, zero irrationality. On today's show I discuss the logical fallacies present in coverage of Dexamethasone. I ask whether it's logical, and fair, to call Trump's photo-op outside the white house Trump's "Mussolini Moment?" I discuss Michelle Obama's comments on racism and the stoking of fears of black people moving to the suburbs. Does it make sense to compare Trump's Post-covid economy to previous president's economies? Was the right's coverage of Jill Biden's "handling" of Joe Biden logical and fair? Why has the "news media" become synonymous with the left when so many right-wing news media outlets exist?
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Zero Politics Introduction - What, and why, is Zero Politics?
It's like a critical thinking course for politics. Zero partisanship, zero bias, zero irrationality. The only agenda is a pursuit of facts, logic, objectivity, and some laughs. Adam turns’ the firehose of critical inquiry on the dumpster fire of modern American politics and no one is safe. Least of all the media, government, politicians, and partisans. It's a podcast about politics for people who still care about objectivity, logic, and rational discourse. Make no mistake, this podcast is not for the faint of heart, or mind. Give it a try, take a listen, you'll surely learn something.