“The Soviets have no reason to criticize the United States for producing the kin

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“The Soviets have no reason to criticize the United States for producing the kind of pollution that leads to acid rain, because it was the Soviets, you remember, who polluted the world with radiation in the Chernobyl nuclear disaster.” What kind of fallacy is being used here?

          A.   Argument from pity

        B.   Two wrongs make a right

          C.   Peer pressure

          D.   Argument from popularity

           E.   Argument from indignation“The Soviets have no reason to criticize the United States for producing the kind of pollution that leads to acid rain, because it was the Soviets, you remember, who polluted the world with radiation in the Chernobyl nuclear disaster.” What kind of fallacy is being used here?

          A.   Argument from pity

        B.   Two wrongs make a right

          C.   Peer pressure

          D.   Argument from popularity

           E.   Argument from indignation

Explanation / Answer

B. Two wrongs make a right

This fallacy is used to give justification of one's wrong action by pointing towards the wrong of others.

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