Re:Show HN: Obsidian – A knowledge base that works on local ...
by xpe on Thursday May 28, 2020 @07:19PM
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Another response: your argument style reminds me a little bit of a straw man:
> A straw man (or strawman) is a form of argument
> and an informal fallacy based on giving the
> impression of refuting an opponent's argument,
> while actually refuting an argument that was not
> presented by that opponent. - Wikipedia
... with the twist: instead of engaging with anything I said, you mischaracterize it and large parts of the preceding discussion. Then you use that as a way to dismiss what I wrote as "off topic".
I'm going to have some fun looking up what others call that kind of rhetoric.
I'm going to have some fun looking up what others call that kind of rhetoric.