I wonder if straw men are the result of people believing that they can read minds and uncover hidden motivation or the assign people to a tribe and attaché generalizations of the tribe on people. I was accused of saying something that I didn't say yesterday on Medium. Who has time to write an opus magnum of disclaimers to accompany a simple thought?
I wonder if straw men are the result of people believing that they can read minds and uncover hidden motivation or the assign people to a tribe and attaché generalizations of the tribe on people. I was accused of saying something that I didn't say yesterday on Medium. Who has time to write an opus magnum of disclaimers to accompany a simple thought?
I think it's mostly intellectual laziness. Though yes, that leads to the mind-reading we so often see.
Some people don't want to think or have their views challenged. They just want to feel that they're "right." And what better way to do that than to only ever argue against an imaginary argument that you can easily defeat? Or failing that, to decide that everybody who disagrees with you is evil and/or stupid. Genuinely addressing the content of people's arguments means you risk discovering that you're the one missing something.
I wonder if straw men are the result of people believing that they can read minds and uncover hidden motivation or the assign people to a tribe and attaché generalizations of the tribe on people. I was accused of saying something that I didn't say yesterday on Medium. Who has time to write an opus magnum of disclaimers to accompany a simple thought?
I think it's mostly intellectual laziness. Though yes, that leads to the mind-reading we so often see.
Some people don't want to think or have their views challenged. They just want to feel that they're "right." And what better way to do that than to only ever argue against an imaginary argument that you can easily defeat? Or failing that, to decide that everybody who disagrees with you is evil and/or stupid. Genuinely addressing the content of people's arguments means you risk discovering that you're the one missing something.
Who has time for that?!🙄