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It's a logical fallacy.Can you explain the straw man meaning?
I'm not singling you our or responding to your comment.. I'm just 100%< genuinely curious.. I see it used by people here and on my Hawkeye message board and I don't understand the meaning of it.
Straw man - Wikipedia
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Example:
30 year old fan - Marshall Faulk is the greatest Rams HB of my life time.
60 year old fan - No, you're wrong! Eric Dickerson is the greatest Rams HB.
30 year old fan is discussing the best Ram HB of his life time (which began in 1993, after Dickerson's career with the Rams ended). 60 year old fan recasts the argument as being the greatest Rams HB of all time.