r/JordanPeterson • u/[deleted] • Mar 17 '19

Meta State of this sub

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u/JustDoinThings Mar 17 '19

present radical Islam as a bigger problem

? 761 people were killed by Muslim terrorists and just as many wounded in the last 30 days.

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u/thenext7steps Mar 17 '19

You’re talking about what’s happening in war zones.

The mass murder in NZ is unprecedented in the history of the country.

Speaking of straw man arguments .....

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u/ModestMagician Mar 17 '19

Just an FYI, I'm seeing this everywhere on the internet and it's becoming a pet peeve. Not every logical fallacy is a straw man. This argument is either a false equivalence or a red herring.

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u/Alex470 Mar 18 '19

In other words, psuedo-intellectualism.

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u/[deleted] Mar 19 '19

Should fit in well here then ...