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> A straw man (sometimes written as strawman) is a form of argument and an informal fallacy of having the impression of refuting an argument, whereas the real s
by carapace 4y ago
> A straw man (sometimes written as strawman) is a form of argument and an informal fallacy of having the impression of refuting an argument, whereas the real subject of the argument was not addressed or refuted, but instead replaced with a false one.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straw_man https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straw_man
Good day sir.
- angrais 4y agoThat's my point. I didn't replace the argument with any other. My original comment concerned citation practices whereas you're arguing about something else. So it's not a straw man, but rather that we're having different discussions.