During a public debate over whether their public school should require student

uniforms, an advocate against uniforms referred to her opponent as "a fascist who would
strip students of their individuality and rob their creativity so to impose the

values and
control of a police state." By engaging in name-calling, the advocate _____.
A) recognizes that due to the many special interest groups that exist, we must profile
others with name-calling if we are to preserve liberty
B) embraces her duty to talk loudly and with heightened passion so to those with
other views will be unable to drown out her voice
C) reminds us all of the importance of labeling opponents in such a way as to
undermine their credibility and distract from their argument
D) fails to recognize or appreciate that demeaning those with different points of view
can, in effect, silence them and undermine democratic debate

D