Question

Ladies and Gentlemen, the minds of our children are in jeopardy. Today a reckless band of heathen teachers is shoving Darwinism down our children's throats. This mindless theory holds that human beings, the children of God, developed from mere monkeys. It holds that blind accident accounts for all life. Down with this godless theory! Fire these teachers! Return God to the classroom! Red herring Appeal to the people Appeal to force Missing the point Appeal to ignorance

Answer 1

Answer:

Appeal to the people

Explanation:

The paragraph presented above is an example of a deceit known as appeal to the people, or, Argumentum ad Populum. This kind of deceit presents an argument that tries to arouse a passion or a belief of the public, persuading them to support the argument. The speaker of this argument starts to show himself as belonging to a group, gaining the confidence of the audience and then starts to show how a passion or a belief is being disrespected and how this will be harmful to the group. We can see that in the paragraph shown above, the speaker uses religion to evoke the public's wrath against the teaching of biological evolution.