Wednesday, October 8, 2008

Straw Man Fallacy

We all use fallacies every day without even realizing it. At least I dont realize it when I do use them. The one that I tend to use a lot especially with my mom is the Straw Man Argument. I use this when she tells me something and I am trying to change her mind. I used to use it to get her to let me do something that she didn't want me to do. Now I use it when we argue about politics or underage drinking or whatever else we argue about. I think I use it in a sarcastic way a lot of the time too.

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