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Mr Khan said:
Aeolus451 said:
Mr Khan said:
jetforcejiminy said:
Mr Khan said:
Strawman thread.

why is it still open? i think this same user has made about three different threads of precisely the same sort... which seems excessive and unnecessary.

They're not against the rules. Not yet, at any rate.


What is a strawman thread? I don't understand the term.

Let's use a political example: someone makes an op-ed saying "why are democrats in favor of killing grandma?" and launch into a tirade about how the government can decide to "pull the plug" if you become too much of a liability... except no-one on that side is actually making that argument. You have constructed a strawman: a fake target that you can attack.

Thanks for the explanation.