fool’s strawman
an argument strategy in which person a, after calling person b something derogatory, brings up misinformation on a subject which a person rightfully belonging under said derogatory label would be p-ssionate about, even if the information is relatively common knowledge. if person b is struggling for a reb-ttal and decides to instead criticize person a’s lack of understanding of the subject as a means of degrading them, they will instead end up lending validity to person a’s insult by appearing to be knowledgeable on topics which a person belonging to the derogatory label would normally be knowledgeable on. anyone attempting a fool’s strawman can appear less intelligent and jock-ish due to the nature of the maneuver, but is usually of higher intelligence than the person they are roasting. it is best explained by example:
a: wow, i bet you jerk off to those chinese hentais you f—ing f–g.
b: haha, those are j-panese not chinese, you can’t even get that right? r—-d.
a: i wouldn’t know, i don’t watch that s–t… you would know though.
as we can see, b falls right into the fool’s strawman by showing some degree of knowledge on the topic of hentai, thus making a’s accusations more credible. let’s keep going:
b: wow you’re so edgy, f—ing memelord using tricks he learned on urban dictionary and s–t.
a: what the f–k is a memelord? are you one of those 4chan f—-ts? are you gonna be triggered if i don’t get your gender right?
b: that’s not a 4chan thing, that’s tumblr!
a: sorry, i don’t sit on my computer jerking off to hentai and going on 4chan instead of talking to girls.
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