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At this point your argument is a classic straw man: Define what the opponent means or believes and then put that definition up to tear it down.
by eitland 4y ago
At this point your argument is a classic straw man:
Define what the opponent means or believes and then put that definition up to tear it down.
- mmastrac 4y agoSimply stating a fallacy does not make it one.
- eitland 4y agoI pointed out in detail how it matches the fallacy. Next up: The first step to get out of a whole you have dug yourself into is to stop digging and all that.
- mmastrac 4y ago> I pointed out in detail how it matches the fallacy. I'm sorry, you did nothing of the kind. The only thing that appears to have happened here, as far as I can tell, is your definition of a strawman, and a cherry-picking, uncharitable read of one of my comments. > Next up: The first step to get out of a whole you have dug yourself into is to stop digging and all that. This hostility doesn't feel like the start of a productive conversation, so I'll bid you a good day and stop here.
- mort96 4y agoAs far as I can see, you're wrong: my position is that the CoE is not deceitful, /u/mmastrac's position is that the CoE is deceitful (and that it's ironic or whatever because the CoE says not to be deceitful). As far as I can see, this is just a good old disagreement where both parties understand and respond to each other's positions.