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darkphoenix181 posted...

hockeybub89 posted...

"The alternative to America is the USSR"

Pretty much the go-to argument from economically expert conservatives.

Dat strawman

Lmao

Its hardly a strawman that he built. At least one user on this very page (I'm viewing 50 posts at a time though) have made the leap from "capitalism is bad" to "but communism...!" in response to me stating, quite literally, that communism's evils don't make up for capitalism's evils.

I should also point out, for further reference, that just because someone builds a strawman, doesn't mean that they're wrong or that your own reasoning is superior. There is such a thing as a 'fallacy fallacy', after all - pointing out that a fallacy is a fallacy does not an argument make. The point of logical fallacies is not so you can point out that someone has used a logical fallacy and, therefore, has lost the game of reasoning, but that you can figure out how to successfully counter their fallacious argument. In accusing him of crafting a strawman, but offering nothing substantial in return, you are not proving yourself to be the more reasoned person. And if you don't want to look reasonable, you probably shouldn't be "lmao"ing at every straw man you see. Its just silly. Nobody's going "lol look at the tu quoque going on in this thread", and they'd look like fools for doing so, even though a large portion of this thread is just that.
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Fair enough, but I think everything you said is wrong and I hate you and you're crazy.