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Read these sentences.
"I heard that the company Gail used to work for was accused of tax fraud. I wouldn't trust her to be on the parent teacher organization committee."
Which logical fallacy is used here?
moral equivalence
bandwagon appeal
circular reasoning
red herring
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Red herring.
The speaker brings up an irrelevant allegation about Gail's former employer to discredit her suitability for the PTO—distracting from the actual issue (Gail's own trustworthiness). (It's also a form of guilt-by-association/ad hominem, but from the choices given, "red herring" is the best match.)
The speaker brings up an irrelevant allegation about Gail's former employer to discredit her suitability for the PTO—distracting from the actual issue (Gail's own trustworthiness). (It's also a form of guilt-by-association/ad hominem, but from the choices given, "red herring" is the best match.)
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