I think at the beginning of a sentence is the rough equivalent of stating "in my opinion..." The sentence that follows, or paragraph, is thusly an expression of mine.1) is straight from your OP.... it is the crux of your question.Huh? Where's the strawman in my statement? Are you mentally handicapped?Yes, Kaz want's to know what the federal filing tax status will be for married gay folk and if they will be able to enter their children as exemptions like the rest of the breeders. I think he does not understand that even single people file exemptions for their children. Marriage is only a requirement for selecting married filling joint return which is used to select the rate box for same when filing jointly.
Strawman. How's the vagina? Enjoying having your own?
Strawman 1) Kaz want's to know what the federal filing tax status will be for married gay folk and if they will be able to enter their children as exemptions like the rest of the breeders.
Strawman 2) I think he does not understand that even single people file exemptions for their children
2) is stated as my opinion.. I'm not asking for anyone to support it. Thus it's just my opinion. Opinions expressed as opinions using words such as "i think" are not strawmen.
Eeehhhh, that saying it's your opinion and therefore not a strawman is a stretch, particularity when you are saying the opinion with so few words and there's one tiny "I think"
A strawman, by contrast, is an informal fallacy based on false representation of an opponent's argument. My opinion of your understanding regarding tax exemptions is based on your statements. If you do know how the tax system actually works, but you were just making a false representation of your opponent's argument, then I'm correct that the OP is a strawman.
So which is it. 1) My statement that you don't understand the tax system is wrong and is not based on your statements, or 2) my earlier statement that the OP is a strawman is correct?
You pick... the OP is a strawman, or your just don't understand the tax system. You choose.