Re:YouTube is banning anti-vaccine activists and blocking al...
by tomrod on Wednesday September 29, 2021 @12:49PM
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"Anti-vaccine advocate" is clear. It identifies a set of behaviors that are intellectually dishonest, either claiming hesitancy, outright denying science, or (even worse) economically benefitting by sowing confusion.
When people don't do this, they aren't advocating against vaccination.
My understanding of the strawman fallacy is that the strawman is inaccurate. None is expressed here, simply labeling a phenomenon.
> which would be making unfounded assumptions about your general argumentation style and would pre-judge future statements by you.
After decades of internet discussion, such charity from people holding opposing viewpoints appears to be rare even when explicitly and rigorously adopted.
When people don't do this, they aren't advocating against vaccination.
My understanding of the strawman fallacy is that the strawman is inaccurate. None is expressed here, simply labeling a phenomenon.
> which would be making unfounded assumptions about your general argumentation style and would pre-judge future statements by you.
After decades of internet discussion, such charity from people holding opposing viewpoints appears to be rare even when explicitly and rigorously adopted.