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Describe the Method of Reasoning: Counter-Position
There are two arguments in this stimulus: Tony's and Keisha's. The question stem directs us at Keisha's argument, but because Keisha is responding to Tony, it's important to first understand what Tony has to say.
Tony's conclusion is that the association between anarchism and violence is unwarranted. Why? Because there's only a small number of violent anarchists, whereas many more people adhering to other ideologies are violent. So Tony defends anarchists by comparing the number of violent anarchists to the number of violent adherents to other ideologies.
Keisha doesn't seem convinced: she concludes that the proportion of anarchists who are violent could be greater than the proportion of adherents to other ideologies who are violent. This is supported by her claim that there are relatively few anarchists, whereas other ideologies often have many more adherents.
Keisha is weaking Tony's argument by putting his support in context and pointing out the difference between numbers and proportions. Even if Tony's premise is true, and there are only a few violent anarchists, Keisha opens up the possibility that a special association with violence could be justified if that small number of anarchists represents a significant proportion of anarchists.
Analysis by AlexandraNash
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