Which text from Reagan’s speech, “Remarks on East-West Relations at Brandenburg Gate in West Berlin,” is an example of fallaciou
s reasoning? A) "The Western alliance responded by committing itself to a counter-deployment, unless the Soviets agreed to negotiate a better solution; namely, the elimination of such weapons on both sides."
B) "Are these the beginnings of profound changes in the Soviet state? Or are they token gestures intended to raise false hopes in the West, or to strengthen the Soviet system without changing it?"
C) "…that just as truth can flourish only when the journalist is given freedom of speech, so prosperity can come about only when the farmer and businessman enjoy economic freedom."
D) "In West Germany and here in Berlin, there took place an economic miracle, the Wirtschaftswunder."
The correct answer should be <span>C) "…that just as truth can flourish only when the journalist is given freedom of speech, so prosperity can come about only when the farmer and businessman enjoy economic freedom."
This is because the two are in no way related, just are used due to the fact that he wants to persuade his listeners. Enjoying economic freedom does not necessarily mean that prosperity will occur, and vice versa. Truth and journalism are in no way connected logically to the relation between economic freedom and prosperity.</span>
After reading through the "American Indian Civil Rights”, the sentence that best describes the conflict the author develops in the text is: "Most experts agree that is was over ten thousand years ago, well before European settlers began exploring this region of the world."
