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To: fwdude

Yes, but the argument that gets shoved in my face, and possibly even your face on the news and in the public school system, of AIDS not being a gay disease is a STRAW MAN FALLACY. Look it up, because apparently you can’t tell when you are in agreement with what I said, by the nature of your post.


41 posted on 07/11/2011 7:20:15 AM PDT by Morpheus2009
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To: Morpheus2009
...the argument that gets shoved in my face, and possibly even your face on the news and in the public school system, of AIDS not being a gay disease is a STRAW MAN FALLACY.

I think you need to look up the meaning of the term "straw man." Your statements are more than a little ambiguous, and I'm not so sure that we disagree, but need clarification. Are you saying that AIDS IS predominantly a 'gay' disease but is disclaimed as such by homosexuals?

A "straw man" is a ridiculously false position or statement that a person attributes falsely to an opponent, and then disproves the statement, thereby trying to impeach the opponent's position. One of these is "gay 'marriage' will require people to 'marry' someone of the same sex," an argument that NO ONE for traditional marriage has argued but that the sodomites will parrot incessantly that we do make.

42 posted on 07/11/2011 3:44:25 PM PDT by fwdude
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