I don't know if it's accurate to call these "bad" arguments. If we judge arguments by their ability to convince people, then many logical fallacies are actually

I don't know if it's accurate to call these "bad" arguments. If we judge arguments by their ability to convince people, then many logical fallacies are actually quite good arguments. One need only watch a cable news debate or have a five minute conversation with a typical voter for evidence. Most people vastly overestimate their own rationality. Fallacies endure because they work. Perhaps the idea is that they are morally bad arguments. Still I would rather call it a collection of illogical arguments.