Appeal to Ridicule

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"Ridicule is the only weapon which can be used against unintelligible propositions." --Thomas Jefferson, letter to Francis Adrian Van der Kemp July 30, 1816

An appeal to ridicule is a logical falacy that tries to present the opponet argument in a way that it'll appear as ludicrous to the extent that it'll resort to become a Straw Man

Examples "The theory of evolution says we came from apes, that's CRAZY"

This argument mocks the opponets argument and tries to resort to an Appeal to Emotion by claiming the opponets argument is non-sensical. Although they appear very similar, this fallacy should not be confused with reductio ad absurdum, which is a valid type of logical argument. It should also not be confused with ridiculing the person making the argument, which is a form of the ad hominem fallacy.