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When the subject is feminism, is it correct to say "straw man" or "straw person"?

• Alex3917 16y ago
  A straw man is a type of logical fallacy. I'm not making any argument; rather, I'm merely reporting a (possibly flawed) observation, so I don't really see how logical fallacies are relevant.
  • ericd 16y ago
    A lot of people on HN really, really like claiming "strawman" on others. I've almost never heard it used outside of HN.
    • nitrogen 16y ago
      One tends to hear mention of logical fallacies in any intellectually-focused forum, not only HN. HN happens to be intellectually-focused, so the straw man and other fallacies will see frequent mention here. However, this is unrelated to the grandparent comment, which was (perhaps facetiously) primarily discussing feminism and political correctness, not logical fallacies.