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Chang Chokaski's avatar

What exactly is the straw-man ?

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Stephen Walker's avatar

Your reply to vansdan states that BRICS is not a military alliance. vansdan never said or implied that it is. You used a straw-man argument.

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Chang Chokaski's avatar

Vansdan states -> "BRICS has what it takes to topple this rotten empire"

What does that mean? Does it mean topple it militarily? strategically? economically? financially? He didn't specify.

My response: I explained WHAT BRICS is (trading alliance) and what it isn't (military/strategic alliance)

So again, I'm hoping you understand WHAT a strawman argument is - as there is NONE in my response.

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Stephen Walker's avatar

You created a straw-man argument. Started talking about military when the discussion never mentioned that. To pretend otherwise is quite disingenuous and embarrassing.

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Chang Chokaski's avatar

I didn't start talking about anything. I explained WHAT BRICS is and isn't.

Please re-read the comments to understand them better.

Strawman fallacy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straw_man

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