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Ms. French- Ms. Parker is going to try to convince you that our city's businesses are immorally dumping sewage into our drinking water. Don't believe her. She's just another one of these environmental fanatics that don't know when to stop. |
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Ms. Parker- Even if I am, that's not relevant. The issue-at-hand is whether or not the city's businesses really are dumping sewage into our drinking water; and they regularly do. |
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HINT: A Personal Attack is reasoning that rejects a person’s statement, argument, or action by attacking that person’s character rather than examining the merits of the statement, argument, or action. This argument does reject a person's anticipated argument, and it does attack that person's character rather than examine the merits of the argument. But "Personal Attack" is not the best answer, because there is a more precise answer. What are the specific conditions of this personal attack?
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