<story><title>Uncle Bob on DHH: Monogamous TDD</title><url>http://blog.8thlight.com/uncle-bob/2014/04/25/MonogamousTDD.html?</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>angrybits</author><text>The first half-dozen of those paragraphs were just him saying words, none of them really had anything to do with the subject at hand.  Kind of like a very poor attempt at strawman arguments.  &amp;quot;DHH accused us of being violent extremists burninating the countryside!  I have not heard of any of that happening so it must be him using pejoratives.&amp;quot;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>orblivion</author><text>I think there&amp;#x27;s an important, unspoken point he was rebutting. When DHH uses the word fundamentalist, it conjures a vauge notion in our mind. &amp;quot;oh, I get it those TDD people are just a cult. I&amp;#x27;m sure they&amp;#x27;re just going to predictably respond to this with their closed minded mentality.&amp;quot; I&amp;#x27;ll admit this is somewhat how I felt when reading DHH&amp;#x27;s article. This sort of intro breaks down that expectation in the reader.&lt;p&gt;It&amp;#x27;s not just about meaning of the words, it affects the reader&amp;#x27;s biases. Basically, it&amp;#x27;s countering one rhetorical tactic with another.</text></comment>
<story><title>Uncle Bob on DHH: Monogamous TDD</title><url>http://blog.8thlight.com/uncle-bob/2014/04/25/MonogamousTDD.html?</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>angrybits</author><text>The first half-dozen of those paragraphs were just him saying words, none of them really had anything to do with the subject at hand.  Kind of like a very poor attempt at strawman arguments.  &amp;quot;DHH accused us of being violent extremists burninating the countryside!  I have not heard of any of that happening so it must be him using pejoratives.&amp;quot;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>mabbo</author><text>I&amp;#x27;m not quite sure what the name of the fallacy is, but I&amp;#x27;ve seen this &amp;quot;technique&amp;quot; used often before. Make a lot of noise about the specific word or words being used, rather than arguing a valid counter-argument yourself.&lt;p&gt;If the author had left out the first 8 or so paragraphs, this might have been worth reading and sharing. As it stands? I don&amp;#x27;t see why it&amp;#x27;s nearing the top of the front page.</text></comment>