Appeal to pity

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An appeal to pity (also called argumentum ad misericordiam, the sob story, or the Galileo argument)^[1][2] is a fallacy in which someone tries to win support for an argument or idea by exploiting one's opponent's feelings of pity or guilt. It is a specific kind of appeal to emotion. The name "Galileo argument" refers to the scientist's suffering as a result of his house arrest by the Inquisition.