• Primarily0617@kbin.social
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    11 months ago

    you just threw out a strawman, got told to stay on topic, then accused the other person of strawmanning your argument because they stayed on topic rather than responding to your strawman

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            11 months ago

            oh no somebody’s using words they don’t understand

            give me the definition of a strawman argument, then explain how that was one

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              11 months ago

              A strawman argument is where they put up a false version of the argument I was making and argue against it instead. Such as pretending I was arguing media should have zero message whatsoever, instead of the actual argument I was making, which was that entertainment should be a higher priority than the message

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                11 months ago

                ok i think i get it, so for example making the argument be about “shows shouldn’t prioritise pushing a message over quality” when that’s completely irrelevant to the topic at hand would be an example of a strawman argument, yes?

                also i’m still waiting on an answer for what message the show is pushing