Maybe I don’t understand the definition of straw man properly, but I don’t think this is one. It’s a response to a metaphor some conservatives have used against trans people that the look of a pizza hut is so iconic, that it’d be rediculous to call it anything else, because it’s obviously a pizza hut, no matter what you put inside it. This is a response to that, showing that insisting it’s still a pizza hut just because it looks like one to you is absurd. I agree it’s a little bit cringy. There’s been better rebuttals to it, but I think this still makes the point.
I don’t think this was ever a popular conservative argument though. I’ve only seen it in screenshots of a single highly retweeted tweet with various rebuttals attached. I guess it seems more like just a random dumb argument people decided was fun to make fun of.
The pizza hut/arbys is clearly a metaphor for trans people, but I have never seen a real, conservative flip the fuck out just because someone used the person’s preferred pronouns. Most people are really moderate in reality. A strawman is when a group creates personified stereotype that they can pin their problems on to have something to be angry about.
Christ this is cringe. Can we fight for rights without terrible poorly done memes? 🤦♂️
Imagine going to a community dedicated to shitty memes and complaining about shitty memes
but it’s only the best high quality shitty memes
This isn’t your community
I’ll fight for the right to make terrible poorly done memes any day.
^This. Absolute straw man and i’m not even a conservative. Fight for rights without ostracizing people you don’t agree with.
Maybe I don’t understand the definition of straw man properly, but I don’t think this is one. It’s a response to a metaphor some conservatives have used against trans people that the look of a pizza hut is so iconic, that it’d be rediculous to call it anything else, because it’s obviously a pizza hut, no matter what you put inside it. This is a response to that, showing that insisting it’s still a pizza hut just because it looks like one to you is absurd. I agree it’s a little bit cringy. There’s been better rebuttals to it, but I think this still makes the point.
I don’t think this was ever a popular conservative argument though. I’ve only seen it in screenshots of a single highly retweeted tweet with various rebuttals attached. I guess it seems more like just a random dumb argument people decided was fun to make fun of.
The pizza hut/arbys is clearly a metaphor for trans people, but I have never seen a real, conservative flip the fuck out just because someone used the person’s preferred pronouns. Most people are really moderate in reality. A strawman is when a group creates personified stereotype that they can pin their problems on to have something to be angry about.
That said.
TRANS RIGHTS