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Uploaded by on Sep 20, 2006

Jason Holmgren of Cincy explains in under a minute and a half, the "Straw Man" argument to my wife at a dinner gathering.

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  • Think of it like this. You're on disability and you can only have one car, but you have two. So you sell your second car to a relative for $1 to get it out of your name, but you still keep the car. Your relative is your strawman.

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  • thats why politicians go to law school , so they can learn how to play with words and divert the conversation

  • I guess the Bush one is a straw man argument---but I am not certain that it is the clearest example. Wikipedia has a good article on this.

  • I don't think this is a good explanation. The first examples he gives are hasty generalization and non sequiter (for Bush). A straw man argument is when you argue your opponents case weakly so you can more easily take your opponent's argument apart.

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