TYT Poll: Should a High School Football Coach be Allowed to take His Team to Church? | 55 comments (55 topical, 0 hidden)
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"How much do you want to bet you'd change your mind if the coach was taking your kid to a Wiccan coven meeting or a Hari Krishna initiation rite?" I wouldn't bet anything because It wouldn't change the situation,but nice strawman though.

by boxxybrown on 09/09/2009 03:58:39 AM EST

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nice strawman (none / 0)
You may not agree with my point, which is fine but you may also want to look up the definition of "strawman".

"No, you are a paid blogger assigned to counter anyone that posts something negative about the government or Obama." by Mcamelyne II on 05/17/2011

by Robrob on 09/09/2009 04:05:09 AM EST

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That was a strawman,you assume that I am some hypocrite that only approves because it is christianity.

by boxxybrown on 09/09/2009 04:23:04 AM EST

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no it's not (none / 0)
A stawman is where one person misrepresents the others position and then attacks the weaker "strawman" position.

Robroy presents more of a special pleading fallacy I think

by cowpacino on 09/09/2009 05:09:41 AM EST

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only approves because it is christianity (none / 0)
Well, yes but that still doesn't make it a "strawman" argument. Flipping the context from Christianity to non-Christianity to illustrate a point is not a strawman argument.

A strawman argument would be if I said something like, "coaches all over the country were converting our children, aren't you against that?"
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"No, you are a paid blogger assigned to counter anyone that posts something negative about the government or Obama." by Mcamelyne II on 05/17/2011

by Robrob on 09/09/2009 02:29:00 PM EST

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TYT Poll: Should a High School Football Coach be Allowed to take His Team to Church? | 55 comments (55 topical, 0 hidden)