Originally Posted By: David Snyder

Not a straw man argument. Not even an argument, just observations.
People use that straw man thing a lot I guess because it sounds good, but look it up and see what it means. I don't think it means what you think it means.
Will address others in a blanket response.

It's quite a pity that so many wonderful terms and labels are mislabelled & "mistermed". It's often the same with quotations. We had a crown minister who, in 1971, quoted what he believed to be Shakespeare in a deliberately misleading way.
There was outrage & protest after he proposed cuts to welfare & essential services to which he responded: "Life wasn't meant to be easy..." This from a chap born wealthy. He, naturally, left it incomplete:"Life wasn't meant to be easy, my child, but take courage: it can be delightful!" It was, of course, George Bernard Shaw's little piece of advice.
The misuse and his intentions for it haunted him for the rest of his political life and beyond.

Last edited by rayc; 03/22/23 06:22 PM.
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