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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
For someone who employs strawmen so readily, you don’t seem to understand what they are.
Not all analogies are strawmen.
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Maybe you can do us a favour then and point on the doll where anybody was arguing Hamas and the Israeli government were “equally” trustworthy.
“an intentionally misrepresented proposition that is set up because it is easier to defeat than an opponent's real argument.”
Or maybe you weren’t meaning to create a strawman and just don’t understand how to build a logical analogy that serves the purpose an analogy is supposed to serve. But, I’m guessing it’s the latter, because you had trouble responding to the idea that the Israeli government was untrustworthy in a straightforward manner.
You don’t always have to let your need to pretend you’re smarter than everyone get in the way of living up to the values and conduct you scream about constantly on here. It’s the primary reason why you don’t receive the level of respect in conversation you obviously feel entitled to, though I’m sure that’s yet another thing you blame on mods/other posters/society instead of doing any self reflection at all.