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Don't use strawman arguments? That would silence 90% of the arguments on the internet!

(Honestly, I am seeing a general trend toward better arguing and less fallacious logic as time goes on, but you are absolutely right, the argument should not be based on a basic logical fallacy)




You're confusing the straw man fallacy with an ad hominem attack.


The GP is (humorously) claiming to make almost exclusively non serious arguments on the internet, so it would obviously be inconsistent for him/her to use the correct term.

(I thought it was funny, but both I and the GP should probably be voted down to keep whimsical humour like this off HN. The GP will probably argue I should be upvoted for suggesting a downvote of whimsical humor.)


I upvote whimsical humor because it represents the true reality.


Yes, I considered that. Saying a person who has the opposing view is weak-minded is a little bit of both, I think.




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