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OpenStudy (ubie01):

2 English 1 questions! please help! Identify the logical fallacy. Smith may be smart, but he's new to politics. He'll either go off the deep end with some crazy cause and draft a bill we'll all regret, or he'll be a complete coward and stick with majority consensus. Vote for experience and stability. Vote for Jones. argumentum ad hominem slippery slope fallacy bandwagon endorsement either-or fallacy

OpenStudy (wwhitlock):

Looks like an attack on the man

OpenStudy (ubie01):

Heres the other one: Identify the logical fallacy. Smith says he's for school choice. He says it's a good idea to make schools compete. Doesn't he realize students will start switching schools whenever they feel like it? In that kind of unstable learning environment, the only outcome is that students will start failing their classes. As a result, schools will close and teachers will be laid off city-wide. Say yes to good education by saying no to Smith. argumentum ad hominem slippery slope fallacy bandwagon endorsement either-or fallacy

OpenStudy (wwhitlock):

It's going to turn out the way I say. That's the only outcome if you vote for Smith.

OpenStudy (ubie01):

What are you even talking about? I'm confused now.

OpenStudy (wwhitlock):

You can vote for Smith, or you can vote for closed schools. There is no other way.

OpenStudy (ubie01):

that's not even what I was asking I was just asking what type of fallacy it was... (argumentum ad hominem slippery slope fallacy bandwagon endorsement either-or fallacy)

OpenStudy (wwhitlock):

You can either vote for Smith, or you can vote for closed schools. There is no other way.

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