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A straw man argument is a logical fallacy where someone distorts, exaggerates, or misrepresents an opponent's argument to make it easier to attack or refute. Misrepresentation: The speaker ignores the actual position and substitutes it with a distorted, simplified, or extreme version.

Okay, since I’m not being understood, let me make this simpler for anyone reading this: You shouldn’t have a high-stakes scenario and then skip over the appropriate consequences. It’s not only lazy, but also a waste of time. The author could have made the same point with a simple fight and been done with it—but didn’t. So I, as the reader, end up feeling cheated, frustrated, and like I wasted my time.

definition of a straw man argument A straw man argument is a logical fallacy where someone misrepresents, exaggerates, or fabricates an opponent's argument to make it easier to attack. I’m to lazy to actually explain but this is what you and everyone has been doing to my point

Honestly, I feel like I’m being harsh, but I don’t even know what these people are talking about. I never mentioned anything about it being unrealistic—I literally only said that if you’re going to have an action, you need an equal reaction. I don’t understand how to be more clear, but they keep trying to twist what I said to fit their own narrative.

Oh yeah, I totally agree—people should just shut up so the other person can feel satisfied with their point of view. You’re absolutely right.

I’m going to cry—what are you talking about? I didn’t even mention anything about it being good, bad, or realistic. I literally said that if you’re going to have an action, then you need an equal reaction. Besides that, I specifically used “unreasonable,” not “unrealistic,” to express my point. So how did you even get to that conclusion when I wasn’t even arguing that in the first place?

Yes, you’re right—they usually don’t. But when there’s an obvious lack of control and supervision to the point where a child’s bone is broken, you can’t just say they didn’t care. It’s unreasonable to think that the authorities wouldn’t have been notified, and that some form of DCF would have been involved.

Paramedics would have notified the cops about the event that took place. You can’t just say stuff happens, oh well, and exclude them internally. I don’t think there’s any situation where they wouldn’t show up to investigate that kind of situation.

But you have to understand—they didn’t even try. The whole class knew it was about to happen, yet the staff was oblivious. Come on now, you can’t defend that.

I’m perplexed, but okay. I can’t really argue with someone unwilling to talk, so I’ll just assume you’re annoyed at me for responding. But besides that, I guess I should mention that both parties used their powers, which is a no-no in that universe—just in case you forgot. But I imagine you never even went through chapter 3.