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Originally posted by xenophobic
Perhaps you would likewise believe Dahmer when he says he won't make your Boyfriend into stew, if you let him hug him.
Believing the rhetoric of mass-murderers is pretty damn funny.
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When an individual keeps putting out statements as to why he's giving us shit and we keep ignoring him, making excuses and doing the shit that he says is pissing him off; that's pretty fuckin stupid. If we leave them alone and he keeps fucking with us, then it's on. However, we haven't given that a chance, we're still doing what's pissing him off, only more so.
BTW, your analogy is what we call a
Straw Man Argument.
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The Straw Man is a type of Red Herring because the arguer is attempting to refute his opponent's position, and in the context is required to do so, but instead attacks a position?the "straw man"?not held by his opponent. In a Straw Man argument, the arguer argues to a conclusion that denies the "straw man" he has set up, but misses the target. There may be nothing wrong with the argument presented by the arguer when it is taken out of context, that is, it may be a perfectly good argument against the straw man. It is only because the burden of proof is on the arguer to argue against the opponent's position that a Straw Man fallacy is committed. So, the fallacy is not simply the argument, but the entire situation of the argument occurring in such a context.
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