Question

According to your textbook, the following statement is an example of what type of fallacy? "We should not be concerned about global warming at all, when we have athletes still kneeling during the national anthem." red herring ad hominem hasty generalization slippery slope either -or

Answer 1

Answer:

Red herring

Explanation:

The Red herring fallacy consists in distracting the listener from the central point of the argument by using another argument that is unrelated, or tangential to the central issue.

In this case, a rational person could easily see that athletes keenling during the national anthem has very little to do with global warming, but some people could be swayed by that argument, even if the two things are completely unrelated.