Examples of Poisoning the Well

The advocate seeks to undermine an opponent's position by linking it to another position or source which is denigrated.

• The politics of opposition - Well Poisoning with Weasel Words
• Poisoning Obama's Well with Straw Men and Weasel Words
  
• Germaine Greer - early running for LAMEASS-OTM
• Pathetic and Predictable
• Climate skeptics
• Congressional Campaign = fallacy season
• Plimer partakes in poisoned polemic

For a comprehensive and considered written commentary on Poisoning the Well (and other fallacies) - see The skeptic's field guide to spotting fallacies in thinking - Humbug!

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