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> Oh, thank you for opening my eyes! I'll start defecating in the streets and stop showering right away! Yeesh, what is it about this topic that is making ever
by wutbrodo 11y ago
> Oh, thank you for opening my eyes! I'll start defecating in the streets and stop showering right away!
Yeesh, what is it about this topic that is making everyone act like such an assholes? There's no harm in dismissing a politely-stated assertion that you find bizarre without being a dick about it.
- zAy0LfpBZLC8mAC 11y agoStrawmaning is not polite. It's not that it's bizarre, it's when you should (a) easily be able to recognize that your argument is misrepresenting the other's position (and thus not actually addressing their position at all) and (b) you also should be able to easily figure out how to refute your "argument" yourself, but you throw it out without addressing obvious objections at all, effectively leaving the effort to work out your own argument to your opponent, that I (and I suppose others) react impolitely.