Straw Man, think its common in public organisation. Common because alot of discussion and time for arguing and analysis. I know because I have experienced it. After 1-2 hours meeting you suddenly hear one person repeat exactly what you discussed and present and delivered. First you do not react but pretty soon you will see the pattern..A Swedish word has appeared for this behavior. Social passivity, you are present but not present and prepared. Neither is the ability to drive and engage and take a stand on various issues. Its a reactive personality and I would say a problem.
Three Common Fallacies
Argument is War.
Your claims are indefensible.
He attacked everyweak point in my argument.
His criticism were right on target.
I demolished his argument.
I’ve never won an argument with him.
You disagree? Okay, shoot!— George Lakoff, Mark Johnson (Metaphors We Live By)
Is your goal to question your own thinking, to establish new connections, or to beat your metaphorical enemy in combat…, I mean argument? Chances are high that you already deploy rhetoric tricks, consciously or not. You may have noticed in your everyday interactions that some arguments ”feel” more legit than others. Why is that so? Good arguments are not only valid, but sound, meaning that they are logically coherent as well as relevant and hopefully factual. So how do you avoid lousy formulations in your arguments? The answers are many but for starters you should beware of common…
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