• CheesyFox@lemmy.sdf.org
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    7 months ago

    Damn. I never thougth about this, but have you ever noticed that this kind of memes are basically a one huge strawman fallacy? No offence OP, just a sudden thought.

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      7 months ago

      How is this a straw man? I’ve literally had people tell me they don’t want to eat soy because of the estrogen, while they eat cheese and dairy products.

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        7 months ago

        I mean, any argument with an imaginary opponent is kinda a strawman if you think about it. I’m not doubting existence of such folks tho, there are lots of morons among people.

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          No, it is not automatically a strawman. It’s only such if it was intentionally contrived to support a particular position. An imaginary person used in a socratic dialog is clearly not automatically a strawman, for example. That would be tantamount to saying Socrates himself (potentially an imaginary person used by Plato for argumentative purposes) is nothing but a strawman.

          Not only was the meme not a strawman, it was an incredibly common conversation that happens in real life dozens of times every day.

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      7 months ago

      My dad literally refuses to touch soy because of this. Yet he dines on dairy products. It’s not a strawman. It’s straight up relatable.

    • BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.worldOP
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      7 months ago

      How dare I post vegan memes in the vegan community right?

      All the fucking carnists in the comments with their meatsplaining have nothing better to do.

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      7 months ago

      Nah there are people genuinely out there spouting this, unfortunately a former friend of mine has become a tate/rogan person and this is one of the weird things spread around in those circles.