[Ads-l] [Non-DoD Source] Re: "man" avoidance

Amy West medievalist at W-STS.COM
Thu Jul 21 12:26:14 UTC 2022


On 6/26/22 00:00, ADS-L automatic digest system wrote:
> Date:    Sat, 25 Jun 2022 15:40:10 -0400
> From:    Laurence Horn<laurence.horn at YALE.EDU>
> Subject: Re: [Non-DoD Source] Re: "man" avoidance
>
> But in particular (unlike the use of e.g. "a straw person argument"), this
> is a likely blend (or confusion) of "straw man" and "stalking horse"

Catching up on old e-mail: What's a "stalking horse", esp. in arguments?

---Amy West

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