No True Scotsman Question Pack - Free Download

Every time communism failed - in Russia, in China, in Cuba, in Cambodia - the answer was the same: that wasn't real communism. The idea itself was always perfect. It was the people who kept getting it wrong. Tens of millions died waiting for the "real" version to arrive.

Mao Zedong, Fidel Castro, Pol Pot - each one tried again, certain they could do it properly this time. Each time there was starvation, prison camps, and killing. Each time the answer was: that doesn't count. Not real communism. Try again.

That's the No True Scotsman: dodging a counterexample by redefining the group. "No real fan would like that." "A true friend would never say that." The rules tighten and tighten so nobody ever has to admit they were wrong. Your kids meet it in every fandom and friend group they'll ever join. This free Question Pack teaches them to catch it.

What's in the free Question Pack:

• Discussion and research questions that get kids arguing about the history of "that wasn't real communism" - the productive kind of arguing
• A guided walk through how the same excuse was recycled from the Paris Commune to Soviet Russia to Mao's China to Pol Pot's Cambodia - dismissing every disaster as "not pure enough"
• An answer sheet, so you can run it at the dinner table or in a classroom with zero prep

The deal, stated plainly

We teach people to spot manipulation, so it would be a bit rich to hide ours. This pack is free because it's the best advertisement we have. You hand over your email, we send the download, and every so often we'll email you about new comics, book and our card game. Unsubscribe the moment we get boring. 

One email. Check your spam folder - our goodies have a talent for landing there. 

What the free pack doesn't include

The fully illustrated story of Communism and how it was never pure enough - according to its defenders. The Duchess & Bruno comic. The Spot-the-Fallacy hunt through real ads and headlines. The Code Breaker, the Draw Your Own Comic page, and the hidden Gizmo kids go feral trying to find.

All of that lives in the No True Scotsman Activity Pack - a 20-page printed booklet, rated 5.0 by teachers and parents on Etsy and TPT. 

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "My kids absolutely adore the characters and story! It reminds us of horrible histories. I haven't found anything like this pack before." - Sandra

It's one of 24. Every pack takes one fallacy, one historical disaster and one comic - and turns them into a kid who is very hard to fool.