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In Scotland, to where he emigrated in order to move his goalpost business.

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Of course you go for the no true slippery slope climbing, red herring walking, goalpost moving Scottish straw man argument

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Damn Scots, they ruined Scotland!

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You Scots sure are a contentious bunch

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A true Scotsman would have founded his goalpost business in Scotland.

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Labeling whole arguments seems to be really effective as long as the opposition gets it. Usually this is not the case, though.

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am i stupid for thinking herrings were birds?

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Herons are birds. Maybe that’s what you’re thinking of.

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ah! thats the one!

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Or… It’s a flying red herring!!

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That’s a really stupid thing to think.

I totally knew they weren’t birds 👀

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Maybe they’ve been in disguise this whole time.

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Birds aren’t even real!

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Wow, no Monty Python jokes. That’s a first.

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He’s on his way to argue that his red herring is dead

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And it went…^wherever I…did go

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No it isn’t.

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The frequency of strawman and slippery slope accusations tells us more about how people usually think than how people usually argue.

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