04-06-2016, 07:35 AM
(04-06-2016, 12:01 AM)bfine32 Wrote: Gots to assume you do not know the meaning of strawman, as I quoted exactly what he said, but yeah, enough about you "two".
You exaggerated his sentence (in fact he specifically said ONE person) to make it your argument that he was saying everyone opposed was racist.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straw_man
Quote:The straw man fallacy occurs in the following pattern of argument:
This reasoning is a fallacy of relevance: it fails to address the proposition in question by misrepresenting the opposing position.
- Person 1 asserts proposition X.
- Person 2 argues against a superficially similar proposition Y, falsely, as if an argument against Y were an argument against X.
For example:
- Quoting an opponent's words out of context—i.e., choosing quotations that misrepresent the opponent's actual intentions (see fallacy of quoting out of context).[3]
- Presenting someone who defends a position poorly as the defender, then denying that person's arguments—thus giving the appearance that every upholder of that position (and thus the position itself) has been defeated.[2]
- Inventing a fictitious persona with actions or beliefs which are then criticized, implying that the person represents a group of whom the speaker is critical.
- Oversimplifying an opponent's argument, then attacking this oversimplified version.
Pretty much exactly what happened.
So stop and continue with the topic.
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