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Topic	Politics Internment Topic 226
red sox 777 06/21/19 11:36:35 AM #472:	pyresword posted... On the face of it, he's only describing a subset of left-leaning individuals. The whole point of the "liberal" strawman is that it's a logical trick where one can posit the existence of this absurdity and then attempt to maintain a seemingly rational position in any particular debate by saying "I know EVERYONE isn't like this come on guys" while still also using the existence of the "liberals" in a general sense as an allegedly meaningful way to solidify their own beliefs. Yes, except it isn't a strawman, because "liberals" do exist, in numbers large enough and loud enough to be relevant. --- September 1, 2003; November 4, 2007; September 2, 2013 Congratulations to DP Oblivion in the Guru Contest! <cite>red sox 777 posted [p:923639826] in Politics I... [t:77783493]...</cite> <quote><cite>pyresword posted...</cite> <quote>On the face of it, he's only describing a subset of left-leaning individuals. The whole point of the "liberal" strawman is that it's a logical trick where one can posit the existence of this absurdity and then attempt to maintain a seemingly rational position in any particular debate by saying "I know EVERYONE isn't like this come on guys" while still also using the existence of the "liberals" in a general sense as an allegedly meaningful way to solidify their own beliefs.</quote> Yes, except it isn't a strawman, because "liberals" do exist, in numbers large enough and loud enough to be relevant. --- September 1, 2003; November 4, 2007; September 2, 2013 Congratulations to DP Oblivion in the Guru Contest!</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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