I arrived to this response by looking at the definition of the word to steelman the position. You then proceed to strawman it.
There's ways to argue against it but there's nothing wrong about steelmanning it. Thay was the point of OP.
I arrived to this response by looking at the definition of the word to steelman the position. You then proceed to strawman it.
There's ways to argue against it but there's nothing wrong about steelmanning it. Thay was the point of OP.
One can internally steelman and I do it all time but I wouldn't actually steelman a Malthusian.
I would not give oxygen to that thought process. I don't really care if that is a strawman.
If they want me dead, I won't steelman them.