Just to reiterate, I have not employed any straw men, and it is evident that those complaining about imaginary straw men are diverting the argument away from the actual topic.I offer this dictionary definition of straw man in the hope that it might help to educate those persisting in its misuse:
straw man
noun
1. An argument or opponent set up so as to be easily refuted or defeated.
2. A doll or scarecrow (particularly one stuffed with straw).
3. An insubstantial concept, idea, endeavour or argument, particularly one deliberately set up to be weakly supported, so that it can be easily knocked down; especially to impugn the strength of any related thing or idea.
If my argument is pseudo-complex then it should be easy to tear down.
As my argument is actually reality-based simplicity, it was exceptionally easy to find supporting evidence.
Anti-environmentalism is a typically right wing position. This opinion is well grounded in reality and is not just something I made up in order to... ...tear my own argument down..?
Go to the Daily Mail's comment section, look up stories about brown people in dinghies, the royal family, and Downing Street. See what you find. Look at what those same commentators say on the subject of climate change protestors.
It's all so predictable that I find it astonishing to think that anyone here finds this even vaguely controversial.
(straw man
noun
1. An argument or opponent set up so as to be easily refuted or defeated.
2. A doll or scarecrow (particularly one stuffed with straw).
3. An insubstantial concept, idea, endeavour or argument, particularly one deliberately set up to be weakly supported, so that it can be easily knocked down; especially to impugn the strength of any related thing or idea.
If my argument is pseudo-complex then it should be easy to tear down.
As my argument is actually reality-based simplicity, it was exceptionally easy to find supporting evidence.
Anti-environmentalism is a typically right wing position. This opinion is well grounded in reality and is not just something I made up in order to... ...tear my own argument down..?
Go to the Daily Mail's comment section, look up stories about brown people in dinghies, the royal family, and Downing Street. See what you find. Look at what those same commentators say on the subject of climate change protestors.
It's all so predictable that I find it astonishing to think that anyone here finds this even vaguely controversial.
brb Learn Ukrainian and prepare for a referendum,
Wed 26 Oct 2022, 22:20,
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This Venn diagram.<img src="www2.b3ta.com/host/creative/100121/1666631240/I can't be arsed to make this image" width="visible to the ISS">
1. People against protestors gluing themselves to trains and throwing soup about and generally being an arse
2. Mail/Sun readers who comment on all the brown people in are country
See those two circles? They don't occupy exactly the same position. But yes, there is quite an overlap.
(1. People against protestors gluing themselves to trains and throwing soup about and generally being an arse
2. Mail/Sun readers who comment on all the brown people in are country
See those two circles? They don't occupy exactly the same position. But yes, there is quite an overlap.
Turtle Power & Knuckles,
Wed 26 Oct 2022, 23:36,
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^TGGIExcept for the 'generally being an arse' thing. Effective protests attract attention and cause disruption.
( brb Learn Ukrainian and prepare for a referendum,
Thu 27 Oct 2022, 14:19,
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