Question

The fool who has not sense to discriminate between what is good and what is bad is well-nigh as dangerous as the man who does discriminate and yet chooses the bad. There is nothing more distressing to every good patriot, to every good American, than the hard, scoffing spirit which treats the allegation of dishonesty in a public man as a cause for laughter.

Based on the words in bold, the overall tone of the selected lines is one of

agreement
pleading
criticism
disinterest

Answer 1

What are the bolded words?

Answer 2

Bold words: Fool, as dangerous, nothing more distressing, allegation.

Answer 3

I think criticism

Answer 4

Or pleading

Answer 5

Same criticism stood out to me.

Answer 6

critisism

Answer 7

its deff that

Answer 8

Thank y'all!

Answer 9

like 100%

Answer 10

Np good luck (: