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ramage wrote: "I don't think anyone on this board wants soldiers killed. That's your straw man argument, which I will not answer."
"Excellent use of the straw man argument! Bravo!"
"Love your straw man arguments! You're turning pro!"
Koobookie, any more straw arguments today? or will you deflect again?
Debaters invoke a straw man when they put forth an argument—usually something extreme or easy to argue against—that they know their opponent doesn't support. You put forth a straw man because you know it will be easy for you to knock down or discredit. It's a way of misrepresenting your opponent's position.
It's as if you took a flaming scarecrow, threw it onto the debate floor, yelled “Look, it's my opponent's dangerous straw man,” and then you appeared to save the day by dousing the flames with water. All while your opponent mutters, “That's not my straw man. What just happened?”
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koobookie wrote: [Telling liberals on this board that they support our troops being killed ]
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koobookie wrote:
ramage wrote: "I don't think anyone on this board wants soldiers killed. That's your straw man argument, which I will not answer."
"Excellent use of the straw man argument! Bravo!"
"Love your straw man arguments! You're turning pro!"
Koobookie, any more straw arguments today? or will you deflect again?
Telling liberals on this board that they support our troops being killed by putting them back into support the Kurds is a typical straw man argument. There's a lot of that going on in this forum in the past few days. I call it out when I see it. Here's a definition for you to chew on:
Debaters invoke a straw man when they put forth an argument—usually something extreme or easy to argue against—that they know their opponent doesn't support. You put forth a straw man because you know it will be easy for you to knock down or discredit. It's a way of misrepresenting your opponent's position.
It's as if you took a flaming scarecrow, threw it onto the debate floor, yelled “Look, it's my opponent's dangerous straw man,” and then you appeared to save the day by dousing the flames with water. All while your opponent mutters, “That's not my straw man. What just happened?”
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homeagain wrote: WAR is waiting in the wings.......because the king has pretty much screwed our allies and ANY
country that MIGHT have considered an alliance......the TRUST FACTOR is simply not there. SO
when shit hits the fan (and it will) there WILL BE BLOOD. This is part of the lesson of the fourth turning,jmo
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[/b]towermonkey wrote:
homeagain wrote: WAR is waiting in the wings.......because the king has pretty much screwed our allies and ANY
country that MIGHT have considered an alliance......the TRUST FACTOR is simply not there. SO
when shit hits the fan (and it will) there WILL BE BLOOD. This is part of the lesson of the fourth turning,jmo
We’ve been at war for nearly 20 years and longer than that if you count all the CIA inspired uprisings. Which allies have been “screwed” by Trump? Turkey for us allowing the PKK to attack them and flee back to the protected zone? Or the Kurds who everyone seems to want to lump into one group? Specifically which ally was screwed?
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