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Originally Posted by Hugh
Yes, you do... 
A "straw man" argument is where one simply ignores a person's actual position and substitutes a distorted, exaggerated or misrepresented, for instance, by stating at 16:36 in this thread I never stated you had attacked or refuted his (whoever "his" is) point - your proposition was non-specific to any poster, but a "straw man" nonetheless. |
hmmmmmmmmmmmmm you're stretching the context of "straw man" too its limit and I think you know it, but I guess it works...BARELY!