A speaker says, "There is no need for me to refute Senator Smith's ideas about regulating professional baseball. Senator Smith is unqualified to speak on baseball because he has never played any sport on the high school, collegiate, or professional level." This speaker is guilty of using which type of fallacy in reasoning?

A. hasty generalization
B. false cause
C. either-or reasoning
D. attack on a person

Answer: D

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