"Your accusation that I am a verbose windbag is completely unfounded. I've never uttered a sentence in my life that contained more than twelve words." Identify the fallacy that applies to this example.

A. The fallacy of appeal to ignorance
B. The slippery-slope fallacy
C. The fallacy of inconsistency
D. The fallacy of false alternatives
E. None of the answers are correct


Answer: C

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