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But isn't that just a plain old straw man?


Regular strawman is stealthily changing the thesis, this is doing it in the open and pretending you're doing it in good faith because you're so much smarter than the other guy.


It's similar, I think. It's a straw man with the goal of appearing smarter than the person asking the question rather than just making an argument.




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