Kidplayer_666@lemm.ee to Memes@lemmy.ml · 1 year agoLemmy might, MIGHT have a small bias towards the leftlemm.eeimagemessage-square125fedilinkarrow-up123arrow-down18
arrow-up115arrow-down1imageLemmy might, MIGHT have a small bias towards the leftlemm.eeKidplayer_666@lemm.ee to Memes@lemmy.ml · 1 year agomessage-square125fedilink
minus-squareKurtVonnegut [comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoLib - “Markets make everything cheaper, which is good.” Leftist - “But if there is a labor market, won’t that make labor cheaper?” Lib - “Yes, and that is good.” Leftist - “How is that good?” Lib - “It leads to more profits.” Leftist - “But why is it good to have more profits?” Lib - “Because a good country is when corporations make profits, and the more profits the corporations make, the gooder the country is.”
minus-squarewewbull@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoKid: “Mommy, what’s a strawman?” Mother: “Take a look a this post here. See how they speak for both sides of the argument?” Kid: “Yes, they’re arguing with themselves.” Mother: “Exactly, and they can make their opponent say what they want.” Kid: “That seems like an easy way to make your argument look good” Mother: "Yes. It’s like fighting someone who can’t put up any resistance. They could be made of straw. A strawman. " Kid: “Oh, I see.”
minus-squareEgon [they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-21 year agoYou didn’t engage with their argument, but good try nonetheless. It’s nice to see you cling to a fallacy rather than engage in good-faith discussion of an argument clearly illustrated for you to relate to.
Lib - “Markets make everything cheaper, which is good.”
Leftist - “But if there is a labor market, won’t that make labor cheaper?”
Lib - “Yes, and that is good.”
Leftist - “How is that good?”
Lib - “It leads to more profits.”
Leftist - “But why is it good to have more profits?”
Lib - “Because a good country is when corporations make profits, and the more profits the corporations make, the gooder the country is.”
Kid: “Mommy, what’s a strawman?”
Mother: “Take a look a this post here. See how they speak for both sides of the argument?”
Kid: “Yes, they’re arguing with themselves.”
Mother: “Exactly, and they can make their opponent say what they want.”
Kid: “That seems like an easy way to make your argument look good”
Mother: "Yes. It’s like fighting someone who can’t put up any resistance. They could be made of straw. A strawman. "
Kid: “Oh, I see.”
You didn’t engage with their argument, but good try nonetheless. It’s nice to see you cling to a fallacy rather than engage in good-faith discussion of an argument clearly illustrated for you to relate to.