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Similar to "strawman" in online forums, right

• arethuza 6y ago
  More "message discipline" I suspect: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Message_discipline https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Message_discipline
  • mthoms 6y ago
    Interesting. I wonder who coined that phrase? It's a curiously positive sounding phrase for something that's actually quite nefarious.
    • CarbyAu 6y ago
      The discipline, applied to its own name. :-)
      • cutemonster 6y ago
        arethusa, thanks, interesting. I guess this is something taught in paid classes to business leaders and politicians, so they want a positively sounding name. Also, except for when the person has evil / corrupted intentions, then, is this technique neutral or sometimes even good Can at least save time via fever of topic discussions