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What is straw man?Laying down a straw man is a project management technique where you throw out an idea for review/criticism knowing the idea is probably flawed. Kind of like the 3 little pigs straw house. Something made of straw is not likely to last. I going to just lay down a straw man and we can go from there. straw man - videoStraw man - what is it?A locical fallacy in which the arguementative point is made into a caracature of it's original point. Extremely effective because it's not based on facts, but lies and assumptions. The burden of proof then lies in the defense, not the offense. Especially effective when the defense isn't allowed to offer objection. Popularized by right wing talk radio hosts Rush and Hannity. Rush and Hannity can't argue the facts, so they have to make up the "evil liberal agenda" and then appear patriotic by opposing it. What does "straw man" mean?A term that nerds overuse in online debates because they think that it makes them sound intelligent. Very common to see nerds arguing within Youtube comments or on Twitter throw out this term every time they get into an online argument. Nerd: That's a straw man logical fallacy! *Nerdy snort* You've just lost the debate! Straw man - what does it mean?1. Scarecrow which is flimsy and fragile. Therefore, straw man document or straw man proposal means it is a βflimsyβ document that is just an initial draft of a subject which is expected to be modified by others Someone should start to write a straw man document before we can have discussion for all the details. Straw man - meaningA sucker who is roped into a scam unknowingly and often used as a scapegoat to deflect the attention of the authorities from the real crime. In tonight's news, the pastor of a local church became a straw man in a check kiting scam. Straw man - definitionA favorite opponent of philosophers, politicians, pseudo-intellectuals, real intellectuals, atheists, creationists, political activists, and conspiracy theorists, and a perennially useful one at that. Said the creationist to the uninformed, using his favorite straw man, "Since randomly jamming your television set rarely fixes any problem, the blind process of evolution is therefore a scientific improbability." Straw man - slanga man "I saw a guy made of straw. He was a straw man." Straw manIt is one of the oldest tricks in the book to make a purposeful misrepresentation of another person's position and then arguing against the fictitious position, knocking it down. It is the straw man rhetorical fallacy. Mary began lecturing John about the benefits of immigration for our country after John spoke in favor of building a wall along the border. But Mary was fighting a straw man because John is actually in favor of legal immigration; he just wants it done in an orderly manner so the drug cartels cannot easily cross the border undetected. Straw manA logic fallacy involving the purposeful misrepresentation of an argument in order to strike it down. Beware of logic fallacies. Straw manWhen you misrepresent a someone's statement as a ridiculous claim they never said so that you can more easily "defeat" them. A bad faith debate tactic that should be frowned upon. Person 1: "This ice cream is delicious." |
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