Will the phrases straw puppet, straw man and/or straw man sockpuppet be heard a lot in relation to the Long Island Perp?
The phrases straw puppet ,strawman and/or straw man sockpuppet are often heard in conjunction with the term sockpuppet. They often accompany sockpuppets on internet forums and in online gaming communities.
Here are two straw puppet definitions:
Another type of sock puppet is sometimes referred to as a straw man sock puppet. They are created by users with one point of view, but act as though they have an opposing point of view, in order to make that point of view look bad. They will often make poor arguments which their opponents can then easily refute. This can allow them to essentially make straw man arguments. Such sock puppets thus become a personification of the straw man argument which their creators argue against. They often act unintelligent or uninformed, and may behave in an overtly bigoted manner. The effect is often to obfuscate the debate and prevent a serious discussion of the arguments from each side. Suspicion of such sock puppets is often harder to verify though, as there are often people who naturally behave in such a manner with the same effects.
The above is quoted from abovetopsecret.com
http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread186543/pg1
The link can be obtained by entering the following terms into the Google search bar: internet straw puppet. It is the third result.
A straw man argument is an informal fallacy based on misrepresentation of an opponent's position.[1] To "set up a straw man" or "set up a straw man argument" is to describe a position that superficially resembles an opponent's actual view but is easier to refute, then attribute that position to the opponent (for example, deliberately overstating the opponent's position).[1] A straw man argument can be a successful rhetorical technique (that is, it may succeed in persuading people) but it carries little or no real evidential weight, because the opponent's actual argument has not been refuted.[2]
Its name is derived from the practice of using straw men in combat training.[citation needed] In such training, a scarecrow is made in the image of the enemy with the single intent of attacking it[3].[not in citation given] Such a target is, naturally, immobile and does not fight back, and is not as realistic to test skill against compared to a live and armed opponent. It is occasionally called a straw dog fallacy, scarecrow argument, or wooden dummy argument.
The above quoted was taken from websters-online-dictionary.org
http://www.websters-online-dictiona...of=FORID:9&ie=UTF-8&q=straw+man&sa=Search#906
The above link can be obtained by entering the following terms into the Google search bar: internet straw puppet. It is the twelfth result.
**This post does Not pertain to WS
