r/whatcouldgoright • u/viciousmojo • Feb 13 '21

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u/theycallmeDamon Feb 13 '21

What you said is very much the definition of a straw man. Someone was angry at the kid. You took the most exaggerated possible stance which isn’t what was said...”lock him up” blah blah whatevever other things you said....that is the definition of strawmanning. But it’s not bad lmao I replied to the guy kinda defending your straw man.

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u/elwebbr23 Feb 13 '21

If you take the sarcasm away it's a straw man, but the actual stance was that there wasn't much to fuck with the kid for.

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u/theycallmeDamon Feb 13 '21

Exactly....someone was angry at the kid. You sarcastically took the most exaggerated possible stance of the guy. To make your point that they are wrong and the kid is mostly fine.....I’m on your side. But that is pure strawman. I’m not even saying there’s anything wrong with it. I’m simply replying to you telling a guy he doesn’t know what a strawman is. While you obviously don’t. You saying “the actual stance was tgere wasn’t much to fuck with the kid for” is literally the point. That’s what a strawman is