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**mirvokrug** · 10-31-2011, 12:37 AM

And it's miscategorized when the person who made the original statement fails to ascertain the connotations of what he said. By failing to make all the connections, whether through ignorance, laziness, dishonesty, incapacity or blind enthusiasm, he assumes that there is an intentional distortion, when in fact, there is a direct relevance, if only the claimant could/would make the effort to connect the dots. The strawman claim is easy to make. It's harder to justify.

True, but that is not the case here. However, the distortion does not have to be intentional. In your case, it is the product of confirmation bias.

10-31-2011, 12:37 AM	#40
mirvokrug Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 436 Senior Member	And it's miscategorized when the person who made the original statement fails to ascertain the connotations of what he said. By failing to make all the connections, whether through ignorance, laziness, dishonesty, incapacity or blind enthusiasm, he assumes that there is an intentional distortion, when in fact, there is a direct relevance, if only the claimant could/would make the effort to connect the dots. The strawman claim is easy to make. It's harder to justify. True, but that is not the case here. However, the distortion does not have to be intentional. In your case, it is the product of confirmation bias.
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