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Case ([personal profile] case) wrote in [community profile] fandomsecrets2015-01-17 03:26 pm

[ SECRET POST #2936 ]


⌈ Secret Post #2936 ⌋

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Re: Should we stop weak-manning arguments?

(Anonymous) 2015-01-18 07:03 am (UTC)(link)
Question: Would ***** **********'s argument about school shootings (In particular that one specific school shooting, but then she tagged all school shooters as "Always being male") being a result of toxic masculinity be straw-manning or weak-manning?

Not trying to cause wank, but when you said how people attack feminism with weak-manning, my first though was "Yeah, but feminists do that same shit" and my mind ran immediately to that whole shit-show, and I genuinly can't tall.

OH, and to answer your question, no I don't think it should be stopped. Because it is often so hard to tell. Let the refutable points be refuted, let everything else stand.

Re: Should we stop weak-manning arguments?

(Anonymous) 2015-01-18 07:33 am (UTC)(link)
That's kind of like weak-manning, I think. Although it's hard to figure out, because the person isn't trying to describe the views of their opponent in a debate; instead, they're making a much broader claim.

And, just to be clear, I don't by any means think this is unique to critiques of feminism. That was just the example that came to mind.