Consider the following argument: “‘Illegitimate’ is just a phrase that our media and government officials use to label regimes who act in ways that often violate the trust of their citizens. But every regime acts in ways that sometimes violate the trust of its citizens. And there’s no important difference between a regime that violates the trust of its citizens often and a regime that violates the trust of its citizens only sometimes. So there is no important difference between so called “legitimate” and “illegitimate” regimes.” This argument is an example of a(n)