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Straw Man

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14. I think it's pretty clear.
Sat Oct 31, 2015, 04:10 PM
Oct 2015
Talk about irony. You might want to look up the definition of a "straw man."


A straw man is a common form of argument and is an informal fallacy based on giving the impression of refuting an opponent's argument, while actually refuting an argument which was not advanced by that opponent.

-- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straw_man

Nope. I don't see where I've done that. Perhaps you could point it out.

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