{"id":111228,"date":"2024-10-18T06:54:24","date_gmt":"2024-10-18T11:54:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/?p=111228"},"modified":"2024-10-18T09:05:07","modified_gmt":"2024-10-18T14:05:07","slug":"6-false-steps-in-a-straw-man-argument-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/?p=111228","title":{"rendered":"6 False Steps in a Straw-Man Argument"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>A Word from Bob<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong> <\/p>\n<p>With permission of biblical counselor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblicalcounselingaz.org\/team\">Joseph Leavell<\/a>, I am re-posting <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/LowerLeavell\/status\/1845908065737932953\">Joe\u2019s Twitter\/X thread<\/a> on straw-man arguments.<\/p>\n<p>As soon as I read this, I replied to Joe on Twitter\/X with:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>\u201cSpot on! 100%! On fire!\u201d\u00a0<\/em><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p> <strong>A Word from Joe<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong> <\/p>\n<p>\u201cShort thread on how to build a persuasive straw-man argument in our culture:<\/p>\n<p>  <strong>Step 1:<\/strong> Claim that your opponent changed something people would hold sacred.  <\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>  <strong>Step 2:<\/strong> Restate your opponent\u2019s new position in the most uncharitable way that doesn\u2019t reflect what anyone believes.  <\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>  <strong>Step 3:<\/strong> Logically tear to shreds those definitions and the subsequent character of your opponent and their position you just invented.  <\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>  <strong>Step 4:<\/strong> Create an offensive and memorable persona\/caricature of your opponent and their positions that is catchy and\/or humorous.  <\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>  <strong>Step 5:<\/strong> When your opponent or their supporters object to the inaccurate critique, state that they are either ignorant or secretly hold to the position themselves.  <\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>  <strong>Step 6:<\/strong> When I\u2019m roundly rebuked, I claim persecution and that I\u2019m the only one willing to fight for the truth.\u201d  <\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p> <strong>Another Word from Bob<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong> <\/p>\n<p>Joe prefaced his comments by relating<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With permission of biblical counselor Joseph Leavell, I am re-posting Joe\u2019s Twitter\/X thread on straw-man arguments.<br \/>\nThe post 6 False Steps in a Straw-Man Argument appeared first on RPM Ministries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":111242,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[6],"tags":[145,6112],"class_list":["post-111228","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-rpm-ministries-bob-kellemen","tag-biblical-counseling","tag-straw-man","et-has-post-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biblicalcounselor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/0-2024-Fire-13-1.jpg?fit=768%2C512&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111228","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=111228"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111228\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":111243,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111228\/revisions\/111243"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/111242"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=111228"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=111228"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=111228"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}