Maneuvers will Mess with You.

1. Diversion You get the other person off the subject.
2. Disproving a Minor Point A speaker gives two or more reasons for what he thinks. You knock out one of them. Then you claim you have killed his entire argument.
3. Ad Hominem You attack the other person as an individual rather than answering what he said.
4. Appeal to Ignorance What I say is true because you can't prove it isn't. Or what you say is false because you can't prove it's true.
5. Leading Question You ask a question which suggests its own answer. Or the question puts the other person on the spot. No matter what he answers, he is cooked.
6. Complex Question You ask a series of questions and then demand one "yes" or "no" blanket answer to all of them.
7. Inconsequent Argument You prove something but not what you think you proved.
8. Attacking a Straw Man You take what the other person says and twist it to make it stupid.
9. Victory by Definition I rig what I say so that, no matter what anyone else says against me, I can say that’s not what I meant.
10. Begging the Question You argue in a circle. Statement A is true because of B. But B is true because of A.