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Oorspronkelijk geplaatst door Firestone

Jij zou toch eens moeten opzoeken wat een straw-man is, hoor.

Tipje: Alex Jones gebruikt de term verkeerd.

Hoezo?

Wikipedia :

A straw man argument is a logical fallacy based on misrepresentation of an opponent's position. To "set up a straw man" or "set up a straw-man argument" is to create a position that is easy to refute, then attribute that position to the opponent.

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One can set up a straw man in the following ways:

1. Present a misrepresentation of the opponent's position, refute it, and pretend that the opponent's actual position has been refuted.
2. Quote an opponent's words out of context -- i.e., choose quotations that are not representative of the opponent's actual intentions (see contextomy)
3. Present someone who defends a position poorly as the defender, refute that person's arguments, and pretend that every upholder of that position, and thus the position itself, has been defeated.
4. Invent a fictitious persona with actions or beliefs that are criticized, and pretend that the person represents a group of whom the speaker is critical.
5. Oversimplify a person's argument into a simple analogy, which can then be attacked.

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Conclusie : zowel Akufen als Alex Jones gebruiken de correcte definitie van de term. Jij gebruikt inderdaad straw-man arguments, net als Parcifal trouwens.