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Well, these all feel like straw men arguments. “Don’t tell people to not pollute because they will pollute more” :eye-roll: It’s like “don’t tell people to t
by chewbacha 8y ago
Well, these all feel like straw men arguments.
“Don’t tell people to not pollute because they will pollute more”
:eye-roll:
It’s like “don’t tell people to treat women with respect because then they will hurt women more”
It’s a logical Fallacy and everyone arguing it should be ashamed.
- mistermann 8y agoDo you care if there is some truth to it?
- graeme 8y agoYou‘re the one making a straw man argument. If you had read my comment at all charitably, you would have known I was referring to a larger problem than plastic straw waste. Obviously plastic straws create waste. [I dislike them personally and don’t use them] The issue is, though, if people paint straws as a vital cause of such problems as ocean garbage patches, then that sort of messaging can turn people away. If people research and find that most ocean garbage comes from a few rivers, and fishing nets, then they won’t trust people who say ”don‘t use straws, it pollutes the oceans [in a significant way]“.