INSTRUCTIONS: Select the best answer for each argument. You have heard Congressman Doyle's arguments in favor of reduced military expenditures. But surely you won't take them seriously. Doyle, as you know, is an admitted alcoholic, and rumor has it that he abuses his wife and children
A) Argument against the person, abusive.
B) Argument against the person, circumstantial.
C) Straw man.
D) Missing the point.
E) No fallacy.
A
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What will be an ideal response?