Difference between revisions of "Template:Strawman"

 
(3 intermediate revisions by the same user not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
<table style="width:90%;margin-top:+.7em;margin-right:5%;margin-bottom:+.7em;margin-left:5%;background-color:#b9f3ff;border:1px solid #ccc;">
+
<h3>Logical Fallacy: Strawman&mdash;The author sets up a weakened or caricatured version of the opponent's argument. The author then proceeds to demolish the weak version of the argument, and claim victory.</h3>{{#if:{{{1|}}}|{{{1}}}}}
  <tr style="vertical-align:center">
 
      <td style="margin:0;padding:1em 1em 1em 1em;">
 
        <table width="100%" border="0">
 
            <tr style="vertical-align:center">
 
              <td><span style="font-size:115%;font-weight:bold;">Logical Fallacy: Strawman</span><br />The author sets up a weakened or caricatured version of the opponent's argument. The author then proceeds to demolish the weak version of the argument, and claim victory. In this case, the author misrepresented our argument in order to make it easier to attack. {{#if:{{{1|}}}|{{{1}}}}}</td>
 
            </tr>
 
        </table>
 
      </td>
 
  </tr>
 
</table>
 

Latest revision as of 15:55, 24 April 2017

Logical Fallacy: Strawman—The author sets up a weakened or caricatured version of the opponent's argument. The author then proceeds to demolish the weak version of the argument, and claim victory.