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Strawman. No one said you shouldn't speak about the truth and reality. I'm saying not to give them a demeaning label.
by colordrops 5y ago
Strawman. No one said you shouldn't speak about the truth and reality. I'm saying not to give them a demeaning label.
- tomrod 5y agoshrug. Labels are quite effective for concise communication, all negatives aside. Such as your classification of my point as a strawman (which I don't consider it to be), you communicate a precise response with a single word.
- colordrops 5y agostrawman is a description of your argument, not you. It doesn't make a judgement about what kind of person you are, and that you have been or always will make bad arguments. It's very different from calling you Strawman-er, which would be making unfounded assumptions about your general argumentation style and would pre-judge future statements by you.
- tomrod 5y ago"Anti-vaccine advocate" is clear. It identifies a set of behaviors that are intellectually dishonest, either claiming hesitancy, outright denying science, or (even worse) economically benefitting by sowing confusion. When people don't do this, they aren't advocating against vaccination. My understanding of the strawman fallacy is that the strawman is inaccurate. None is expressed here, simply labeling a phenomenon. > which would be making unfounded assumptions about your general argumentation style and would pre-judge future statements by you. After decades of internet discussion, such charity from people holding opposing viewpoints appears to be rare even when explicitly and rigorously adopted.
- EEMac 5y agoSure. But "anti-vaxxer" has two meanings which are conveniently confused in current usage. 1. Someone against all vaccines 2. Someone against the current COVID vaccines