Another Question Beggar

rogersgeorge on March 2nd, 2021

Second panel.

Barney & Clyde Comic Strip for December 23, 2020 — https://www.gocomics.com/barneyandclyde/2020/12/23

I’ll let you enjoy the other corrections on your own.

Remember: begging the question is using wat you want to prove as evidence of its truth. The incorrect guy, on the left, isn’t using an assertion as proof, so the guy on the right is correct.

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