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* It is possible to do this to oneself in an argument, especially if you're using [[The War On Straw|straw men]] in the first place.
* There's an old story about a German mayor who didn't want people let their dogs run unleashed in the local forest, so he had put up a sign stating: "Anyone who'll let his dog run unleashed in the forest will be shot!" When someone remarked that this could be read as if the ''owners'' of the dogs were shot, the mayor had it "improved" to: "Anyone who'll let his dog run unleashed in the forest will be shot, the dog!" ("Dog" being a somewhat outdated insult.)
* Microsoft's little scandal around AI chatbot TayTweets. First, the users quickly taught the poor thing first to act naughty, then to spout [[Troll|just about
{{quote| Imagine if you had just woke up after having been in a coma for 25 years, and this was the first headline you saw
{{indent}}Microsoft deletes 'teen girl' AI afteer it became a Hitler-loving sex robot within 24 hours}}
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