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A fallacious logical argument based on argumentum ad baculum generally has the following argument form:
If x does not accept P as true, then Q.
Q is a punishment on x.
Therefore, P is true.
In other words, This is right because if you do not believe it, you will be harmed.
This form of argument is an informal fallacy, because the attack Q may not necessarily reveal anything about the truth value of the premise P. This fallacy has been identified since the Middle Ages by many philosophers. This is a special case of argumentum ad consequentiam, or "appeal to consequences".
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give me some that olde tyme ignorance.