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Originally Posted by coberst
The straw man fallacy is an often used fallacy in the United States because American citizens have a low level of intellectual sophistication.
One recent use of this fallacy is that Guantanamo detainees are terrorists and thus too dangerous for detention on American soil.
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What's the strawman? If person A says "Terrorists are not too dangerous to be kept in American prisons" while person B says "Terrorists are too dangerous to be kept in American prisons" then there's no straw man. On the other hand...
If person A says "Regardless of how dangerous a terrorist is, they should be kept in American prisons because international law demands it" and person B responds: "You don't think terrorists are dangerous, but they blew up the twin towers on 9-11, so you're wrong and terrorists should not be let into American prisons." That would be a strawman.
Is that what you were thinking, Coberst?
~modest
