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068 - The Strawman Fallacy

You Are Not So Smart

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The Power of the Strawmen

Most of the time, i simply disengage. If it's being done on purpose, then you're kind of hopeless. You might restate your argument, am, but don't go too far off track. As soon as you start trying to attack the straw man, you are kind of sunk. Then nobody's in to your actual argument any more. They're just listening to you flail and try to fight against something that you didn't even say. And there's no point in that. So sometimes just backing off and letting people think what they think is better than defending yourself.

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