What Fallacy Is Exemplified by the Following Statement

question 212

Multiple Choice

What fallacy is exemplified by the following statement?
Iwe approve a construction permit for this home, the next thing you know other people will want to build in our valley. Then they will pave new roads and put in gas stations and other businesses. Before you know it, all oour beautiful land will be turned into a parking lot for a giant shopping mall.

• A) red herring
• B) slippery slope
• C) ad hominem
• D) bandwagon
• E) either-or

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