Peraski: Although driving gas-guzzling automobiles produces a greater level of pollution than driving smaller cars, Conclusion those of us who drive smaller cars when we could use a bicycle cannot speak out against the use of gas guzzlers. ββ βββββ ββ βββββββββ βββ ββββββββββ
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Peraski concludes that people who drive smaller cars cannot complain about larger cars that use more gas. This is because doing so would constitute hypocrisy, given the existence of bicycles, which use less gas than the smaller cars.
Jackson asserts that itβs better to speak out against greater sources of pollution even if that would make one a hypocrite.
Weβre looking for a point of disagreement. The speakers disagree about whether the fact a position would make one a hypocrite should stop one from advocating for that position.
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