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Reply #129: I'm disappointed that you've resorted to strawman arguments to spin your rhetoric, Tierra_y_Libertad [View All]

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ClarkUSA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-29-10 01:44 PM
Response to Reply #127
129. I'm disappointed that you've resorted to strawman arguments to spin your rhetoric, Tierra_y_Libertad
Edited on Wed Sep-29-10 01:47 PM by ClarkUSA
Disappointed, but not surprised.

<< Your demands for party loyalty and applause for politicians attacking the left say it all. >>

Strawman argument. Pass the hay.

The Straw Man fallacy is committed when a person simply ignores a person's actual position and substitutes a distorted, exaggerated or misrepresented version of that position.

www.nizkor.org/features/fallacies/straw-man.html


One mo' time: I am a lifelong activist member of "the left" and I don't feel that Biden was "attacking" me.

Neither do most liberals I know, most of whom are spending their spare time GOTVing for local Democrats.

It seems the only people who feel that way are the 24/7 critics who recognize themselves in Biden's admonition and are doing their best to remain Perpetually Offended instead of getting a clue.

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