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CITATION
Rasheed, Muhammad. "Flirting with Strawman Fallacy." Cartoon. The Official Website of Cartoonist M. Rasheed 07 Aug 2021. Pen & ink w/Adobe Photoshop color.
ARTIST'S DESCRIPTION
This #MRasheedCartoons image was inspired by a currently circulating FB vid in which some dude is implying that when the average person says that they are researching something that they must mean they are doing highly-skilled professional scholar grade "scientific research, and is therefore lying. lol This is a clear strawman effigy fallacy, because as a layman, obviously I mean something different when I use the word "research" than when a ivy league grad scientist says it. That doesn't mean that I don't know how to look up material and read it so I can get an informed understanding on a subject of importance though.
Obviously, the entire purpose of this jackass guy's rant is to use pseudo-intellectualism to try and shame people into accepting the majority opinion of a topic and give up their own ability to think for themselves. "You ain't no scientist, so stop tryin' to think!"
Obviously, the entire purpose of this jackass guy's rant is to use pseudo-intellectualism to try and shame people into accepting the majority opinion of a topic and give up their own ability to think for themselves. "You ain't no scientist, so stop tryin' to think!"
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