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Originally Posted by Buster

And it is not a strawman. It is a specific discussion of the hypocrisy she is trying to articulate.

if only people who lost children in our wars may discuss public policy,

This statement right here is about as textbook definition strawman as you could ever get. Nobody, from either left or right, has said that that only people who lost children in wars may discuss public policy, but Coulter's putting it out there as though that premise is the crux of the argument she's trying to rebut.