Benny has argued for a long time for a new national park in Montana, but you really shouldn't listen to him. Benny owns a general store in the proposed vicinity, and if the park is created, he stands to profit handsomely from the flow of visitors.
A) Argument against the person, abusive.
B) Appeal to unqualified authority.
C) Argument against the person, circumstantial.
D) Appeal to ignorance.
E) No fallacy.

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This fallacy is known as argument against the person, circumstantial. It attacks the person making the argument rather than the argument itself by suggesting that Benny's argument for the national park cannot be trusted because he stands to gain financially from its creation.

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