The Straw Man
The Straw
Man involves deception by distortion. It's like a misquote - but more
subtle. The Straw Man is used by creating a distasteful caricature of an
opponent, thereby suggesting the audience join in dismissing their point of
view.
How it works:
I will attack you by ignoring your actual position and substitute it with a distorted picture of what you stand for. We cannot possible support a candidate who does not care about the economic future of our nation.
Example:
When world economic crisis occurs, our manager was asking the workers to increase company's profit by 70%, and I said it is ridiculous.
When world economic crisis occurs, our manager was asking the workers to increase company's profit by 70%, and I said it is ridiculous.
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