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Originally Posted by Ken G
Then forgive me, often in the past you've used that word to object to a straw-man argument against something you said, but evidently not this time.
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Different "-oon".
Another way of thinking of a straw-man argument is as
cartoon: simply drawn, brightly coloured, and overblown.
Whereas on this occasion I suggested you were indulging in a
lampoon. I was accusing you of being satirical, not simplistic.
Grant Hutchison