Rotelle: You are too old to address effectively the difficult issues

I Think b is incorrect because sim already states that age in not an issue
He clearly tries to avoid the conversation, hence the ans is e

Regarding the option d , he gives no contradiction to the rottele’s claim

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Rotelle: You are too old to address effectively the difficult issues facing the country, such as nuclear power, poverty, and pollution.

Sims: I don't want to make age an issue in this campaign. So I will not comment on your youth and inexperience.

Rotelle is saying that Sims is basically Joe Biden: the guy is too old because he can't address the issues he believes are important.
Sims' retort: Very Reagan-esque, saying that Rotelle is too young. BUT, the big picture here is that Sims doesn't say anything about his own age, or his ability to address the issues at hand. All he says is another, opinionated insult. This is like arguing with a friend saying "you're stupid" and then him responding "no, you're stupid". It goes nowhere.

Sims does which one of the following?

(A) demonstrates that Rotelle's claim is incorrect -- How? As stated above, he would've had to have said "I can do X", Or something about age. Either way, out.

(B) avoids mentioning the issue of age -- He states that his opponent has "youth and inexperience", so he brings up age. Out.

(C) proposes a way to decide which issues are important -- Nope, once more, just mentions age. This would need Sims to say "well, war is the most important issue, and your issues are not. Or something that establishes importance. We are not told anything about this. Out.

(D) shows that Rotelle's statement is self-contradictory -- Self-contradiction is an interesting statement. But there is self-contradiction here. Rotelle would've had to have said "you are too old. But old people are better at decision making, therefore, you should not be President". The statement just says that Sims is too old and Sims' response says you're too young. Nothing here contradicts itself. Out.

(E) fails to respond directly to Rotelle's claim - Bingo! X says X. Y says Y. No overlap and no direct response to a premise or conclusion. This is our answer.

I had to laugh at the question because it reminds me of a specific scene from a show on Netflix called Norsemen. If anyone has ever seen the show, I hope he or she knows what I’m talking about.

The character V is upset that the other character made a comment about his thinning hair.

V tells the other character: “If I was a terrible person like you, I would mention how ugly you look with those burns....but I don’t resort to personal attacks.”

But what has V just done?? By bringing up the burns, V launches a personal attack.

This is why B is wrong. Sims is effectively saying: "I don't want to bring up age.....so I won't talk about how young and inexperienced you are." Through that little “jab” at the end about Rotelle’s youth, Sims is doing exactly what he says he doesn’t want to do: make age an issue. Thus, you can’t say that Sims in reality avoids the issue when he is slipping in a little “age attack” of his own about Rotelle’s youth.

Just because Sims says he doesn’t want to talk about it in the beginning does not change the fact that he actually does talk about it in the end.


Why -E- is correct:

Sims never directly responds Rotelle’s criticism that Sims is too old. Sims just “claims” that he doesn’t want to make age an issue, but then undercuts Rotelle with a little “verbal jab” about his youth.

No where does Sims actually respond to the allegation that he’s too old.

If you have Netflix: Norsemen, season 3 episode 5. Fantastic show and a great diversion.




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I believe Ronald Reagan is disguised as Sims.

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