Identify any fallacies in the following passage either by naming them or, where they seem not to conform to any of the patterns described in the text, by giving a brief explanation of why the fallacious reasoning is irrelevant to the point at issue."The administration's proposal to declare hundreds of thousands of acres of federal land as 'roadless areas' is a huge mistake, and I'm against it. The whole point of the proposal-and it will succeed if the President gets his way-is to lock the American people out of those areas."

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).


Straw man.

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Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

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A. e & (d & t) B. (e v d) v t C. (e & d) v t D. (e & d) & t E. None of the answers are correct

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