RE: Essence of a Straw Man
June 10, 2014 at 10:51 am
(This post was last modified: June 10, 2014 at 11:54 am by LostLocke.)
My 2 copper....
I'd say, at the end of the day, intent is not required for it to be a strawman.
Either....A- they know that is not the position, but are presenting it as such to tear it down anyway.
Or B- they may think that is the position to start with, but obviously didn't bother to check if that was in case the fact, and then proceeded to build up and tear it down assuming it was a fact.
OT:
In honor of post #666....
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I'd say, at the end of the day, intent is not required for it to be a strawman.
Either....A- they know that is not the position, but are presenting it as such to tear it down anyway.
Or B- they may think that is the position to start with, but obviously didn't bother to check if that was in case the fact, and then proceeded to build up and tear it down assuming it was a fact.
OT:
In honor of post #666....
