Dr Anthony Fauci used ‘strawman’ argument in feud with Rand Paul

I've always said that Straw Man Arguments are an Admission of Defeat, but really, these Diversions or Distractions or Lies are actually, an Admission of Deceit.

Unfortunately, one of the Factors Con Artists count on is “When emotion and reason clash, emotion wins almost every time. Appeal to emotion. Even if your appeal defies logic, reason and common sense, a great many of the sheep will simply go along.”

What Happens When Emotion & Reason Clash?

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That's something like the Snopes & Fact-Checkers. One of their techniques is to take a narrative that has a few different points to it and take one of the points that may be iffy or maybe has no 'evidence', whatever, and refute it, then label the whole thing - which includes the main issue that's correct - as 'False'.

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lol

Although Rand Paul using the word 'manimals' took some of the sting out of his statement.

This is a good one -

Everyone Jumps Off Bridge After New Government Order Telling Everyone To Jump Off Bridge

[babylonbee.com]

U.S.—After state governments across the country directed their citizens to shut down their businesses and just kinda hope things worked out, a new order has been issued: everyone is to jump off a bridge immediately.

A government official issued the order to solve our current crisis, and everyone immediately complied.

"Everyone jump off a bridge," said a representative of the government.

"OK," said everyone. "If the government says so, it's probably a good idea. Besides, what can we do? It's the government. They definitely have the best people working on it."

The directive was designed to end coronavirus. Medical experts believe it's the best, most effective way to stop the virus. Assuming everyone follows through and obeys the order, coronavirus will be wiped out, according to officials. There are no bad side effects, as far as anyone can tell. A few people pointed out that it could kill everyone, but these people are anti-science and obviously hate their neighbors.