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From the post you link to: "Why not assassinate prominent racist and sexist politicians and intellectuals?" I would definitely qualify these kind of straw-men
by andrewprock 6y ago
From the post you link to:
"Why not assassinate prominent racist and sexist politicians and intellectuals?"
I would definitely qualify these kind of straw-men as a "certain pattern" of language designed to incite rather than for insight.
- mst 6y agoWhen it's a reply to somebody speaking of war and weapons and given as a disapproving extrapolation ad absurdum of that attitude, I don't see that it's intended to incite so much as to elucidate the idea that incitement is itself a bad thing.