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Originally Posted by frahse
Prestidigitweeze,
just to inform others of the technique you are using: (link to Wikipedia definition of straw man)
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Of course, in order for your assertion about the "technique" I'm "using" to be debated (let alone proved), you'd have to argue specific examples of my application of the technique rather than simply link to a Wikipedia article.
You originally wrote:
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I think the trap you have fallen into is to only have 2 categories. . . . Some brands I admire. Others I stay away from. Surely you see things are not strictly dichotomies.
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To which I responded:
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The trap into which you yourself seem to have fallen is this: Conflating a description of a pathology for the mindset of the person who describes it.
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I went on to describe not a mistake which I attributed to
you but one that is made frequently when
anyone decides to have yet another brand war:
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The first mistake is to see brands as boolean dichotomies. The second is to form factions around the idea. My description is of boolean factions that arise from thinking of brands as antipodal categories when brand choices are categorized as antipodal. This is certainly not a description of all possible categories because the fault lies with the idea of Us/Them opposition.
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So to sum:
1. I explained that, in my initial post, I didn't "see things" as "strictly dichotomies," but instead pointed out that
brand wars themselves are predicated on the idea that consumer choices are Boolean.
2. My response to you suggested that you yourself "seemed to" have mistaken my description of a condition for brand wars (a commitment either to one brand or to others -- i.e., a boolean choice) for my actual mindset (in your words, the way I actually "see things").
3. This was followed by a description of the above predicament (mentioned in my previous post) which was certainly not intended as a rewording of
your ideas stated or otherwise.
I certainly didn't intend to cast any aspersions on you or suggest that you entertained delusional beliefs.
Did you have any other concerns?