In 1970, Vice President Spiro Agnew gave this speech about students protesting the Vietnam War. What claims and evidence does he use to support the argument that “those protesting the Vietnam War are irrational and foolish”?
A. Claim: They don’t know what to think. Evidence: They are unreasonable due to drugs.
B. Claim: They decide what they think without looking at the evidence. Evidence: They are on drugs, which clouds their minds and stop them from being reasonable.
C. Claim: They have not been well educated. Evidence: Social sciences make it hard to discredit even the most outrageous ideas.
D. Claim: They decide what they think after looking at the evidence. Evidence: They don’t take drugs.

B. Claim: They decide what they think without looking at the evidence.
Evidence: They are on drugs, which clouds their minds and stop them from being reasonable.

What is a Claim?

This refers to the statement or assertion about a particular thing that could be either true or false.

Hence, we can see that when a claim is made, there needs to be the use of supporting evidence to back it up and show that it is either true and false.

With this in mind, we can see that the claims and evidence that are used to support the argument that “those protesting the Vietnam War are irrational and foolish” are given above.