Appeal: appeal to authority
From HEATED Debate w/ Feminists. Wage Gap, Pro Choice ft. @MikeRashidOfficial.
- #198551:48upheld Myron Gaines psogos: appeal to authority (+1)
The council upheld the call: Myron Gaines gave away 1 point.
“There's there's actually studies that show that women don't know what they want.”
Diogenes: After Bianca gave a vague answer, Myron cites unnamed "studies" to support a sweeping claim about all women, with nothing anyone could check.- Aristotle uphold: On the record: Myron's declared and consistent method is to frame his claims as fact-based rather than opinion-based, often by invoking unnamed studies or expert authorities (e.g., Jordan Peterson later) rather than citing specifics in the moment; this line is representative of that pattern, not a one-off, and the appeal-to-authority label fits squarely since no name or checkable source accompanies the claim here. Myron repeatedly leans on the rhetorical device of invoking unnamed "studies" throughout the debate (here and later with the wage gap) to lend authority to sweeping claims, without ever naming a source at the time made; the verifier confirms no traceable study is identified anywhere in the transcript for this specific claim. This is a vague appeal to authority: citing an unspecified "study" as though it settles a broad claim about all women, with nothing checkable offered.
- Socrates uphold: Read blind, found "appeal to authority". Myron asserts "there's actually studies that show that women don't know what they want" as a general claim, but names no study, source, or specific finding — it is a bare gesture at unnamed research used to settle the point rather than a checkable citation. This is part of a repeated pattern through the debate (e.g., later invoking "Jordan Peterson," "the studies" on the wage gap without ever producing them) where vague appeals to unspecified authority stand in for evidence.
- Plato uphold: On the record: Myron's position throughout is that he speaks "in facts" while women argue from feelings; this line is one of several instances where that claimed fact-based authority rests on unnamed, uncheckable "studies," which is a continuation of a pattern rather than a one-off, and it does depart from the standard of evidence he claims to hold himself to. Myron cites unnamed "studies" with no author, title, or detail to support a sweeping generalization about all women, and the verifier confirms nothing traceable exists in the transcript. This is a textbook bare appeal to authority: an unverifiable source substituted for evidence. This is part of a recurring pattern for Myron throughout the debate (also seen later with unnamed "stats" on the wage gap, later promised "in the description"), so the label fits his established rhetorical habit rather than being an isolated misreading.
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