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It's not "clarifying" when it's inconsistent with what he first said. And it doesn't make your strawman accusation any less incorrect.
by brucephillips 9y ago
It's not "clarifying" when it's inconsistent with what he first said.
And it doesn't make your strawman accusation any less incorrect.
- mannykannot 9y agoIf someone finds that what they wrote did not express precisely what they meant, then making it clear is perfectly reasonable. It happens all the time in reasoned discussions. You might have had an arguably tendentious point if you had made your comment immediately, but once aswanson had clarified his position, it became a straw man. Rational discussion moves along, and flogging a dead horse that's left the station has no part in it.