Ray Addam

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796 appearances 1 recordings 1 series first heard Jul 2026 last heard 6 Jul

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Luke's ENGLISH Podcast - Learn British English with Luke Thompson · Debating Skills in English 🗣️ (with Ray Addam) [996] · 6 Jul 2026 podcast

So you can make an evidence-based argument, you can appeal to the consensus, or you can appeal to authority to strengthen the argument.

And a lot of people are too reluctant on the spot to challenge that.

Sorry to interrupt.

Maybe we can talk about straw man and loaded question together because it's more or less the same thing, just changes a little bit depending on how you formulate it.

So let's say I say something like we should ban remote work.

We should ban remote work.

So my opinion is that remote work should no longer be used anymore.

So a way of the straw man is you don't attack their argument.

The straw man is you make a fake version of their argument and you attack that.

So you're not attacking their argument.

You're attacking something that they haven't actually said.

So for example, I'll give an example of it, right?

Why are you against people having a comfortable working environment?

So you want everyone to be chained to their desk and be miserable in a cubicle all day.

So here's one, right?

I heard someone debate online.

They're debating about abortion.

I know we said we'd stay away from the controversial ones, but I just think this is a good example.

I was going to make a terrible joke, but maybe I'll text it to you later.

I want to get on the podcast.

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