the straw man

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i have only brought this forward/up so that the use of this technique can be easily observed and refuted
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A straw man (or strawman) is a form of argument and an informal fallacy based on giving the impression of refuting an opponent's argument, while actually refuting an argument that was not presented by that opponent. [1] One who engages in this fallacy is said to be "attacking a straw man".

The typical straw man argument creates the illusion of having completely refuted or defeated an opponent's proposition through the covert replacement of it with a different proposition ( i.e., "stand up a straw man" ) and the subsequent refutation of that false argument ( "knock down a straw man" ) instead of the opponent's proposition. [2] [3] Straw man arguments have been used throughout history in polemical debate, particularly regarding highly charged emotional subjects.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straw_man

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@FMF

I think it's a reference to the shortage of Wheat (flour, globally) by June.

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@kewpie said
I've got a brand new pair of roller skates, you got a brand new key ...

@rookie54 said
copied verbatim from wiki
i have only brought this forward/up so that the use of this technique can be easily observed and refuted
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A straw man (or strawman) is a form of argument and an informal fallacy based on giving the impression of refuting an opponent's argument, while actually refuting an argument that was not presented by that opponent. [ ...[text shortened]... highly charged emotional subjects.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straw_man

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@great-big-stees said
I think we can get together...for a beer at a meet up somewhere over the rainbow.

@whodey said
So you say that we all use strawmen arguments? Well that's just absurd, why do you insist on making such broad stereotypical accusations like this? Are you a bigot or something?

@great-big-stees said
I think we can get together...for a beer at a meet up somewhere over the rainbow.

@rookie54 said
well done!
should anyone desire a "found in the wild" example of how this type of fatuous argument looks,

here ya go

@badradger said
I am out a beer

@badradger said
I am out a beer

@great-big-stees said
Like George Washington, "I cannot tell a lie"...it was me. 😲