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Originally Posted by Ninjalawyer
Now, if you'll all look over here, you can see a primitive internet poster using a subtle strawman to, in one fell swoop, disregard all of the legitimate concerns of opponents of SOPA and PIPA (attempts in the early 21st century to provide the U.S. government with censorship powers over the internet). The use of this pejorative had the additional effect of reinforcing the primitive poster's central anti-piracy meme, and also helped him/her reduce any cognitive dissonance he or she may have felt at opposing viewpoints.
Prior to neural augmentation, this sort of argument would likely have been at least somewhat convincing.
Moving on to our next exhibit...
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(Shrug)
Those legitimate concerns will be addressed through the amendments process, like all complex legislation. Once the bill gets to the President's desk , he will sign it into law .
As for a straw man, people have repeatedly argued on this forum that piracy is a mere nuisance at worst. It's a standard trope on the Internet . If you missed that, well, hey, pay attention