If the mayor of your town suggests that only uninformed citizens will not support a proposed tax increase to upgrade city parks, the mayor would be using
A) anticipatory semantic slanting.
B) semantic slanting.
C) anticipatory name calling.
D) name calling.

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The mayor is implying that those who do not support the tax increase are uninformed, which is a form of anticipatory name calling, as it preemptively labels dissenters negatively.

If the Mayor of Your Town Suggests That Only Uninformed