Which of the following employs an ad hominem fallacy? a. some students didn't try out for the basketball team last year, and they had lower grades the next semester. b. joining team sport students learn skills such as teamwork because students work together as a team. c. studies suggest that joining a team sport has both physical and mental benefits. d. kids who do not try out for the basketball team are lazy and waste their time playing video games.

Question: Which of the following employs an ad hominem fallacy?

Kids who do not try out for the basketball team are lazy and waste their time playing video games.

Explanation: this is an argument with students this is what hominem fallacy is

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(jacemorris04)

this quote could be referring to the death penalty. it's questioning the morality of sentencing murderers to death as a punishment, because it seems hypocritical. this quote seems to be arguing for non-lethal punishment for killers.