Politicians often use language that is designed to make their political opponents seem untrustworthy or incompetent. If people are convinced by this use of language, rather than by the politicians' actual records, then which fallacy does this represent?

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This represents the emotional reasoning fallacy, as using language that makes opponents seem untrustworthy or incompetent is appealing to emotions rather than presenting logical arguments based on evidence and facts.

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