06-26-2009, 01:50 AM
Wonderful, a whole thread devoted to a textbook 'strawman' case :w00t:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straw_man
A universal healthcare debate:
Person A: We should have universal healthcare.
Person B: No, because only communists believe in universal healthcare and communist countries are typically poor, which we don't want to become.
(B has falsely identified A as a communist and then refuted communism).
...Oh wait, this is about socialism and not communism <_<
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straw_man
A universal healthcare debate:
Person A: We should have universal healthcare.
Person B: No, because only communists believe in universal healthcare and communist countries are typically poor, which we don't want to become.
(B has falsely identified A as a communist and then refuted communism).
...Oh wait, this is about socialism and not communism <_<