Angry Listeners Can Veto Speech
This trap appears as a wrong-answer choice in 1 active question. Spotting how it is built is the repair: read each example's “why it's attractive” before the “why it's wrong.”
Subject distribution
- Constitutional Law1
Example wrong choices
18911_recital_hall_debate_club · CONSTITUTIONAL_LAW · Choice AThe cancellation is content neutral because the city described its concern as crowd control.
Why it's attractive
The reason sentence names the message and expected listener anger.
Why it's wrong
The reason sentence names the message and expected listener anger.
18911_recital_hall_debate_club · CONSTITUTIONAL_LAW · Choice BThe cancellation is valid because city-owned recital halls are never forums for private speech.
Why it's attractive
The word never is too broad because the stem says the hall is rented for private talks.
Why it's wrong
The word never is too broad because the stem says the hall is rented for private talks.
18911_recital_hall_debate_club · CONSTITUTIONAL_LAW · Choice DThe cancellation is valid because angry listeners allow the city to silence the speaker.
Why it's attractive
The answer turns listener anger into permission to silence the speaker.
Why it's wrong
The answer turns listener anger into permission to silence the speaker.
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