Question

Vaccines are evil. They are filled with tiny creatures that will infect you with toxins. The government uses them to inject people with microchips so they can track our every move. This kind of rhetoric deploys which fallacy?

Group of answer choices

a. Bandwagon
b. Ad populum/Appeal to celebrity
c. Scare tactics
d. False dilemma/Either-or fallacy

Answer 1

The rhetoric used in the statement deploys the fallacy of c. scare tactics.

Step-by-step explanation:

The rhetoric used in the statement 'Vaccines are evil. They are filled with tiny creatures that will infect you with toxins. The government uses them to inject people with microchips so they can track our every move' deploys the fallacy of scare tactics. This fallacy relies on exaggerating or manipulating fears or anxieties to persuade others. In this case, the statement is using exaggerated and unfounded claims about vaccines to instill fear and mistrust.