Are you proposing that one should do any drug without skepticism after reading a...

anonbanker · on Jan 24, 2015

Lemme know what part of my grandparent mentioned your straw man.

lappa · on Jan 26, 2015

Lemme know what part of my statement was a strawman.

anonbanker · on Jan 26, 2015

The part about doing any drug without skepticism. I'll wait.

lappa · on Jan 26, 2015

What about that is straw man? I don't think you have a full understanding of the fallacy. The wikipedia definition is

"A straw man is a common type of argument and is an informal fallacy based on the misrepresentation of an opponent's argument."

I haven't misrepresented your argument in any way since I haven't represented your argument in any way. I never claimed you claimed anything. It isn't fallacious to ask someone to clarify an argument.

You didn't explicitly state your argument (or anything of substance), so I asked what you were actually trying to claim.

anonbanker · on Jan 27, 2015

You van insult my post all you want, but you're blind if you honestly think your reply wasn't a misrepresentation of my original statement, unless you can prove that I said exactly what you said I did in the post before I pointed out the straw man.

But you can't, so you won't.

lappa · on Jan 27, 2015

There is no strawman because I was asking a question about your position, not asserting that you held a certain position.

Please, if your position isn't what I asked, state what it is.

anonbanker · on Jan 27, 2015

really? your entire defense is coming down to "it's not a strawman if it's asked in a question"?

definitely adding you to the list of astroturfers on HN with that reply.

lappa · on Jan 27, 2015

Questions aren't assertions, and one of the requirements for straw man is asserting you hold a position.

I'm done with this discussion at this point. I don't think you really have a concrete claim regarding the topic and you are avoiding creating one by derailing the conversation by arguing my question is fallacious.