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Originally Posted by VANFLAMESFAN
But if it was, I'm sure you'd want the reporter to roll with that.
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That's a moot point though, because it wasn't. And exactly the reason everyone is calling it The Strawman. And it truly is the essence of the aforementioned argumentative fallacy. He's throwing up utterly disconnected scenarios and pointing at them as a means to deflect from the original discussion. Something a seasoned wordsmith knows better than to fall into.