Editing Appeal to fear (section)

==Logic==
This fallacy has the following [[argument form]]:

:Either P or Q is true.
:Q is frightening.
:Therefore, P is true.

The argument is invalid. The [[appeal to emotion]] is used in exploiting existing fears to create support for the speaker's proposal, namely P.  Also, often the [[false dilemma]] fallacy is involved, suggesting Q is the proposed idea's sole alternative.<ref>{{Citation|title=Zweiter Beratungsgegenstand: Die Steuerung des Verwaltungshandelns durch Haushaltsrecht und Haushaltskontrolle|url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/9783110871104.147|work=Kulturauftrag im staatlichen Gemeinwesen. Die Steuerung des Verwaltungshandelns durch Haushaltsrecht und Haushaltskontrolle|year=1984 |place=Berlin, Boston|publisher=DE GRUYTER|doi=10.1515/9783110871104.147 |isbn=9783110871104 |access-date=2022-02-22|doi-access=free}}</ref>