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HELPPP PLEASE!!! ASAP!!

Read the following passage: 

Though hybrid vehicles have been shown to decrease air pollution, most drivers Of hybrid vehicles are rich snobs that really don't care about the environment anyway 

The counter are you men the passage above contains which logical fallacy?

A. Slippery slope

B. Ad hominem

C. False dilemma

D. Begging the question

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I would say the answer is B, ad hominem. The speaker attempts to refute the counter-argument by attacking the character/nature of hybrid vehicle drivers instead of providing proper support for his point of view.
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