"'It's obvious that the United States should invade Tabakistan,' said Senator Dithersworth

‘After all, their tin-pot dictator is a snivelling coward, a tyrannical despot whose hands are dripping with the blood of innocent heroes! He dares to insult our great democracy, the land of the free and the home of the brave! Does he imagine that we will stay our hand in the face of his thuggish regime and its record of murder and deceit?'" commits the fallacy of A) appeal to pity B) appeal to force C) appeal to emotion D) ad hominem E) beside the point F) straw man


C

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