Appeal to emotion

An appeal to emotion is a fallacy which uses the manipulation of the recipient's emotions, rather than valid logic, to win an argument. The 'Appeal to Emotion' fallacy assumes that truth and positive emotions are aligned.[1] For example, homosexual activists arguing for same-sex "marriage" know that they cannot win on logic, so they play on the listeners' emotions to sway the listeners' judgment.

Appeals to emotion include:

* Appeal to disgust
* Appeal to envy (popular among wealth-redistributionist liberals)
* Appeal to fear
* Appeal to hatred
* Appeal to pity (popular among militant homosexuals)
* Appeal to pride (in which appeal to emotion overlaps with another fallacy, appeal to personal interest)
* Wishful thinking

## References[edit]

1. ↑ [1]

## Links[edit]

* Emotional Appeal \- from the Fallacy Files