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minus-squarevelma@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down3·2 days ago straw man noun : a weak or imaginary opposition (such as an argument or adversary) set up only to be easily confuted They literally conjured up imaginary groups of people that are supposedly fine with it and then attacked feminists using that argument. It’s a perfect example of a strawman argument.
minus-squareDudleyMason@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·2 days agoNope. They literally referred to a very common phenomenon that you choose to believe is a straw man because that doesn’t require you to examine your belief in a popular narrative. I’ll say again: you not believing it doesn’t make it imaginary.
They literally conjured up imaginary groups of people that are supposedly fine with it and then attacked feminists using that argument.
It’s a perfect example of a strawman argument.
Nope. They literally referred to a very common phenomenon that you choose to believe is a straw man because that doesn’t require you to examine your belief in a popular narrative.
I’ll say again: you not believing it doesn’t make it imaginary.