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Schrute needs to go back to straw-man building class.
Think Progress » DeMint: The tea party movement is a ‘spiritual revival.’ 2010
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OBH — the terrorism argument is another straw-man.
Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » Where are the “Defend the Border” Folks When You Really Need Them 2009
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You are putting up a straw-man that people want hispanic immigration restricted because they do not all act exactly like anglo-americans with a tan, when in fact we would settle merely for lower rates of illegitimacy, crime, and other social pathologies, which do in fact have negative impacts on people other than the individual carriers of those social pathologies.
And Bring on the Mexicans, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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Schrute needs to go back to straw-man building class.
Think Progress » DeMint: The tea party movement is a ‘spiritual revival.’ 2010
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I might be willing to step into the straw-man role, depending on how you define "on the verge."
Will Europe Collapse?, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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Making a straw-man argument, of course, involves misrepresenting a position opposed to your own so that you can beat up on it easily.
The Weak Man 2009
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I actually agree with much of their criticism of religion, but ultimately, I think that the version of God they are trying to disprove is nothing more than a straw-man.
Jeffrey Small: Moving Beyond A Human Image Of God Jeffrey Small 2011
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Because your are making a straw-man argument and undermining your appeal for “open minds”.
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I actually agree with much of their criticism of religion, but ultimately, I think that the version of God they are trying to disprove is nothing more than a straw-man.
Jeffrey Small: Moving Beyond A Human Image Of God Jeffrey Small 2011
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You can work out the theory and math, but naive or straw-man alternative theories and math can take a long time to reject empirically.
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