Self-study
Hernandez: Support Celebrities' public pronouncements can warp a debate because Support people grant more weight to celebrities' opinions than to ordinary people's. ███ ████ ███████ ███████████ ██████ █████ ███████ ████████ █████ █████████████ ██████ ██ █████ ████ ████ ██ ██████████
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Speaker 1 Summary
Hernandez concludes that celebrities should stay out of public debates unless they have expertise on the issue being debated. This is because people consider celebrities' opinions to be extra important, which in turn means that celebrities' statements can warp the debate.
Speaker 2 Summary
Liu concludes that it's "absurd" to exclude celebrities from public debates, i.e., celebrities should be free to participate in public debates. In support, Liu states that celebrities are still members of their communities. The implication is that community members should all be able to participate in public debates.
Objective
We're looking for a disagreement between Hernandez and Liu. The two speakers disagree about whether celebrities should stay out of public debates when they don't have relevant expertise. Hernandez states that position as a conclusion, whereas Liu's conclusion is that such a belief is "absurd."
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a
People grant more ██████ ██ ████████████ ████████ ████ ██ ████████ █████████
Hernandez states this claim as a premise, but Liu never disagrees. Liu even acknowledges that this could be the case, but just says that it's not celebrities' fault.
b
Celebrities should avoid ███████ ████████ █████ █████████████ ██████ ██ █████ ████ ████ ██ ██████████
This is the conclusion of Hernandez' argument, meaning that Hernandez agrees. Liu takes the opposite position, and concludes that this idea is "absurd." In other words, this is the disagreement.
c
Celebrities' pronouncements on █████████████ ██████ ███ ████ ███████ ██ █████ ███████
Hernandez uses this claim as support, but Liu never disagrees with it. Liu doesn't say anything about whether celebrities' opinions can warp debates, so can't be said to disagree.
d
The public should █████████ ████ ███████████ ███ █████ █████████████ ███████
Neither speaker states agreement or disagreement with this claim. Both speakers are concerned with whether celebrities should join public debates, not how people should react.
e
Celebrities are responsible ███ ███ ████ ████ ██████ ████ █████ ████████ ████ ████████ ████ ████ ███████
Liu disagrees with this claim, stating the opposite as a premise. However, Hernandez doesn't take any position on whether celebrities are at fault. So, the speakers can't be said to disagree.