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thenmar
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Come on, mocking straw men just makes things worse for everyone.
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jessriedel
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That's not a straw man, it's satire.
hueving
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satire is a subset of a strawman
ZoF
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If either of those is a subset of the other then strawman would be a subset of satire.
hueving
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Yeah, subset wasn't the right term. The sets intersect. Exaggeration (a form of satire) is a strawman.
EGreg
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are you saying he's attacking a straw man of strawmen?
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