INSTRUCTIONS: Select the answer that best characterizes each argument. Professor Carson argues in favor of banning skateboards on campus. Apparently Carson is against anything that has wheels. No bicycles, no roller blades, not even any wheelchairs. But handicapped students need their wheelchairs to get around. From this it should be clear that Professor Carson's argument makes no sense
A) No fallacy.
B) Red herring.
C) Appeal to unqualified authority.
D) Straw man.
E) Missing the point.
D
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