Shitlord Laureate Field Report: w02d02, Junior Year Good news, everyone! Though I've already collected some pictures today, inspiration struck. Let us take a closer look at Fat Logic, the framework that holds the fat acceptance movement together, through the magnifying glass of a lesson about basic argumentation and logic. There appears to be two primary focuses in FA/FL: appeals to authority and appeals to emotion. Today, I will broadstroke on how FL fails to appeal to authority. Many of these fallacies cover a bit of territory in emotional appeals, as well. Ragen Chastain is guilty of every one of the five fallacious circumstances listed below, for example. Let me know if you would like anything unpacked a bit more or illustrated through explicit examples. For the record, everything after this sentence is copypasta (though emphasis is mine) from an esteemed and highly accredited professor whose specialties include logic, metaphysics, and the philosophy of science.  Sometimes when we make arguments, we justify our premises (or our conclusions) by citing some "expert" authority, someone who is supposed to be knowledgeable on a particular subject. Sometimes this is a good strategy, and sometimes it is not. To incorrectly use authority in your argument, constitutes fallacy of appeal to authority. The following circumstances constitute a fallacious appeal to authority: