I know this for a fact, because when I was growing up, my mother’s “limited” English limited my perception of her. I was ashamed of her English. I believed that her English reflected the quality of what she had to say. That is, because she expressed them imperfectly her thoughts were imperfect. And I had plenty of empirical evidence to support me: the fact that people in department stores, at banks, and at restaurants did not take her seriously, did not give her good service, pretended not to understand her, or even acted as if they did not hear her. What is the logical fallacy Tan presents in the second paragraph?
A.
post hoc argument
B.
non sequitur argument
C.
pathetic fallacy
D.
straw-man argument
E.
either/or argument