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          Later that same day, Challenger Bianco publishes a website which reads like a thesis on urban planning. He explains how zoning laws cannot be changed to stop a project which a city knows is underway.  Bianco reviews the ten most recent court cases in which developers (like Triple F and other big box retailers) have sued the cities which were delaying approval of their permits, won court orders forcing the cities to issue the permits and awarded the developers large sums for their legal fees.  He then provides his own analysis of what Triple F's legal expenses would be and areas that the store might agree to some form of compromise before final plans are created for the store.
     He tweets a link to his website (JustBeHonestErcellini.net) and includes the following message:
     "If #PandaerErcellini won't tell his folks the truth, I will: neighbors can likely get some improvements from Triple F if they negotiate in good faith now, not after a lawsuit is started."

     There is a challenge in crafting a response to the entirely accurate Bianco website.  So, tweet a response that evades the issue.  REMEMBER- To effectively evade the issue, one should make some references to the topic being debated to give the appearance of addressing those issues; however, the goal is to distract the audience from recognizing this lack of any logical rebuttal.

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  1. SteveColarossiFebruary 15, 2020 at 2:15 AM

    DEFINITION OF "EVADING THE ISSUE": Evading (or avoiding) the issue is a logical fallacy used to distract the audience from noticing that no logical response is being given to an argument. In a debate, if you were to evade (or avoid) an issue, you could use another logical fallacy (such as an appeal to emotion) to try to change the subject of the debate. Regardless of the strategy used, the goal of using the fallacy of evading the issue is to use enough verbiage to give the illusion of addressing the argument without actually doing so.

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