A group member concludes that because one of your sources is a prisoner, the group should not accept what the person said. This is an example of

A. attacking the person instead of the argument.
B. concluding that because two things are related, one caused the other.
C. making an incomplete comparison.
D. overgeneralizing.
E. posing a false either-or situation.


Answer: A

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