• adjectivenoun@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    1
    arrow-down
    1
    ·
    5 days ago

    A strawman is where you invent a different argument, then defeat it. Rephrasing the exact argument you made in funnier language isn’t a strawman. It’s just what you said, but more plainly. “Voting doesn’t work because I don’t always get what I want.” That’s what you said in literal English.

    • commie@lemmy.dbzer0.com
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      2
      ·
      5 days ago

      Rephrasing the exact argument you made in funnier language isn’t a strawman.

      it is, and your quibbling belies bad faith