You can't trust my opponent. Here she is speaking to you on the values of abstinence and abstinence education. Everyone knows she had a child out of wedlock while a teenager herself"" is an example of:

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Madden Wiley

5 February, 15:40

You can't trust my opponent. Here she is speaking to you on the values of abstinence and abstinence education. Everyone knows she had a child out of wedlock while a teenager herself"" is an example of:

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Prince Bailey · Answer 1

The answer is Ad Hominem: "Everyone knows she had a child out of wedlock while a teenager herself", is an example of Ad Hominem.

Explanation:

Ad Hominem is a statement uttered by a person in order to attack or undermine what another person claims to portray or believe in: the statement, "Everyone knows she had a child out of wedlock while a teenager herself", was used to attack or undermine the values someone else portrayed when she spoke about the values of abstinence and abstinence education.

Maeve Graves · Answer 2

Answer: Ad Hominem.

Explanation: Ad Hominem is a fallacious arguments, where genuine reason for an argument or discussion is avoided by attacking the persons personality, character, Past mistakes, achievements, or any thing related to the person. This can simply be refered to as a person being abusive to another, in an argument or discussion. In this example the speaker was attacking his opponent, by talking about the character and personality of her opponent. The life biography of a person should not be attacked during an argument. If such is done, that means Ad Hominem has been committed.