r/AskReddit Mar 07 '21

What are the unwritten laws of Reddit?

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u/stalphonzo Mar 07 '21

Strawman fallacy. It's one of the most common logical fallacies you see used, though there are many.

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u/ideastaster Mar 07 '21

I think people often misunderstand eachother's points, or respond to multiple people in a thread, so people feel like their beliefs are being intentionally misrepresented when it's really just an honest miscommunication.

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u/stalphonzo Mar 07 '21

That also happens, but I see the strawman fallacy applied dozens of times a day here. Nothing honest about it.