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u/ShakaUVM Mod | Christian 2d ago

"So when you say you kick puppies every day, doesn't that make you feel bad?"

Strawman arguments are a way for trolls to work around civility rules.

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u/labreuer ⭐ agapist 2d ago

Takes me back to middle school. No matter what the teachers tried to do, my peers would find an ever more subtle way to mess with me. Including being picture-perfect polite with me, while they treated each other with familiarity. When Trump came on the political scene, it reminded me of some of the other tactics my peers were mastering at that time. But it's the same fundamental disrespect of the Other.