Rick Santorum: Watching President Obama apologize last week for America's arrogance - before a French audience that owes its freedom to the sacrifices of Americans - helped convince me that he has a deep-seated antipathy toward American values and traditions. Moondancer: I am curious. Is there pain involved in being this stupid? Link   What's wrong with Moondancer's retort? It attacks a misrepresentation of an argument instead of attacking the main point. It does not recognize that two events or phenomena may have a common cause. It makes a generalization based upon an insufficient sample. It attempts to discredit an argument by attacking the proponent. Want to see more arguments?