fastest guitar player in the world; might not be safe for stereotyping Islamophobes

[Blake]

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If you listen carefully you can hear the bomb ticking in the background

[SpursforSix]

why try this with me???

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[SpursforSix]

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[SpursforSix]

whoops...he looks Muslim

[SpursforSix]

ah...great...he's Indian

[SpursforSix]

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[clambake]

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[lebomb]

I was afraid to open this thread for fear of detonating an IED.

[Chinook]

Guitars are Iraqi instruments, so it would be stupid to stereotype against Middle Eastern people being able to play. It's like assuming black people can't play banjos.

[Blake]

Guitars are Iraqi instruments, so it would be stupid to stereotype against Middle Eastern people being able to play. It's like assuming black people can't play banjos.

Perfect example of a strawman. :tu

[Chinook]

Perfect example of a strawman. :tu

Um...

[Blake]

Um...

Beat strawguy down. Beat his ass. He deserves it.

[SpursforSix]

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[Chinook]

Beat strawguy down. Beat his ass. He deserves it.

What strawman?

[SpursforSix]

shit...this looks like the kid from Deliverance

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[SpursforSix]

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[Chinook]

Never been a fan of that style of banjo. It's why people often consider the instrument to be a gimmick.

[Blake]

What strawman?

Beat that stereotype against middle eastern people being able to play guitar down.

Beat it down good. That'll really teach those that think middle easterners can't play.

[SpursforSix]

Never been a fan of that style of banjo. It's why people often consider the instrument to be a gimmick.

I'm the same with the guitar players (or drummers for that matter) that try to get in as many notes or beats they can. Without much concern for the music.

[Chinook]

Beat that stereotype against middle eastern people being able to play guitar down.

Beat it down good. That'll really teach those that think middle easterners can't play.

Um... That's not a straw man. A straw man is when one makes a fake position to attack rather than attacking their opponent's real position. What real position did I ignore?

[Blake]

Um... That's not a straw man. A straw man is when one makes a fake position to attack rather than attacking their opponent's real position. What real position did I ignore?

Um there's more than one definition of strawman. Um you nailed one of those other definitions.

[Chinook]

Um there's more than one definition of strawman. Um you nailed one of those other definitions.

Not really. You're gonna actually have to do some work to establish that.

[Blake]

Not really. You're gonna actually have to do some work to establish that.

Um 5 second Google


Simple Definition of*straw man

:*a weak or imaginary argument or opponent that is set up to be easily defeated

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/straw%20man

[Chinook]

Um 5 second Google

That's not "another" definition. That's the ONLY definition -- at least the only one that's remotely pertinent. And it doesn't apply in this case, for multiple reasons.

[Blake]

That's not "another" definition. That's the ONLY definition -- at least the only one that's remotely pertinent. And it doesn't apply in this case, for multiple reasons.

Neh, it is dead on strawman. Just pretend that your argument isn't imaginary. Or that it's not even an argument. Or some other silly shit.

You're either stubborn or stupid. Or both. Either way, lol.

[Chinook]

Neh, it is dead on strawman

It's been well established that you have no idea what the terms you say mean. You're trying to call what I said a fallacy while not demonstrating how. If you think I'm making an argument, then there has to be an argument I'm ignoring for it to be a strawman fallacy.


Description of Straw ManThe Straw Man fallacy is committed when a person simply ignores a person's actual position and substitutes a distorted, exaggerated or misrepresented version of that position. This sort of "reasoning" has the following pattern:


Person A has position X.
Person B presents position Y (which is a distorted version of X).
Person B attacks position Y.
Therefore X is false/incorrect/flawed.

This sort of "reasoning" is fallacious because attacking a distorted version of a position simply does not constitute an attack on the position itself. One might as well expect an attack on a poor drawing of a person to hurt the person.

http://www.nizkor.org/features/fallacies/straw-man.html

Now, if you are just trying to say that I wasn't talking about the same things you were, that's fine. It's not like I quoted you or in any way made it seem like I was talking to you.

[SpursforSix]

This was supposed to be a guitar thread I thought.

This guy isn't particularly fast but it's a cool technique.

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[Chinook]

This was supposed to be a guitar thread I thought.

This guy isn't particularly fast but it's a cool technique.

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I like Andy. Dude can really set the mood with his songs. I'll try not to feed into the distraction any more. Blake will even ruin his own threads with his act.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ab1VLYByCTM

Love me some harp guitars.

[SpursforSix]

I like Andy. Dude can really set the mood with his songs.

Yep. Pretty chill. There's another guy who's way more known that does some similar things. Also brilliant. But I can't remember the guy's name.

[Blake]

It's been well established that you have no idea what the terms you say mean. You're trying to call what I said a fallacy while not demonstrating how. If you think I'm making an argument, then there has to be an argument I'm ignoring for it to be a strawman fallacy.



http://www.nizkor.org/features/fallacies/straw-man.html

Now, if you are just trying to say that I wasn't talking about the same things you were, that's fine. It's not like I quoted you or in any way made it seem like I was talking to you.

You just said the definition I showed you was the only one. Now you're presenting another one.

Make up your mind, strawman.

[pgardn]

I like Andy. Dude can really set the mood with his songs. I'll try not to feed into the distraction any more. Blake will even ruin his own threads with his act.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ab1VLYByCTM

Love me some harp guitars.

Those guys played at my star gazing party.

[tlongII]

Al DiMeola obviously.

[Chinook]

You just said the definition I showed you was the only one. Now you're presenting another one.

Make up your mind, strawman.

What I said was that there isn't an alternative definition of the word -- it means what it means. But when you try to say someone is using a strawman fallaciously, you have the burden to showing that there is an argument that they're ignoring by using a strawman. What am I avoiding? Who am I trying to argue against by saying what I said? If your answer isn't somebody in this thread, then you are incorrectly calling what I said a straw man.

This thread wasn't about debating anything, except maybe guitars and styles of play. You're trying to ruin your own thread by turning it into a pissing contest with misused fallacies on your part. Just petty shit.

[Chinook]

Those guys played at my star gazing party.

Sounds very appropriate.

Love me some arch-harp guitars even more, though.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mRNCBCVCY1s

[Blake]

What I said was that there isn't an alternative definition of the word -- it means what it means. But when you try to say someone is using a strawman fallaciously, you have the burden to showing that there is an argument that they're ignoring by using a strawman. What am I avoiding? Who am I trying to argue against by saying what I said? If your answer isn't somebody in this thread, then you are incorrectly calling what I said a straw man.

This thread wasn't about debating anything, except maybe guitars and styles of play. You're trying to ruin your own thread by turning it into a pissing contest with misused fallacies on your part. Just petty shit.

Oh a wall of text. Who saw that coming

A simple strawman doesn't have to be a fallacy or some kind of attack against my op, genius. I have no idea why you propped up a strawman to beat up on.

Frankly I don't care why. I just think it's funny you did it.

[SpursforSix]

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[Chinook]

Oh a wall of text. Who saw that coming

A simple strawman doesn't have to be a fallacy or some kind of attack against my op, genius. I have no idea why you propped up a strawman to beat up on.

Frankly I don't care why. I just think it's funny you did it.

Lol at thinking two paragraphs make a wall. You should be ashamed of yourself.

[SpursforSix]

Lol at thinking two paragraphs make a wall. You should be ashamed of yourself.

tl/dr

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[Blake]

Lol at thinking two paragraphs make a wall. You should be ashamed of yourself.

Lol butthurt

[Chinook]

Lol butthurt

Yeah, that's probably why you keep saying that. I simply don't believe you go through your life shying away from anything longer than a sentence or two.

[johnsmith]

You just said the definition I showed you was the only one. Now you're presenting another one.

Make up your mind, strawman.

God you suck

[Blake]

God you suck

Yeah its fun

[DMC]

It's stupid and useless. It's like stacking cups. Cool, big fucking deal.