The text argues that the mayor doesn't think the government should care about animals. However, the mayor only argued that funding for the animal shelter needs to be reduced. This illustrates a type of logical fallacy known as a straw man.
Which logical fallacy is used in the text?
The mayor argued that we need to reduce funding for the animal shelter in order to balance the budget. Don't vote for someone who doesn't think the government should care about animals.
A: guilt by association: a negative association intended to discredit someone or something
B: straw man: a misrepresentation of an opponent's position that makes it easier to argue against
C: false causation: the assumption that because two things happened together, one caused the other