I am trying to think of a word used to describe someone who is intentionally oversimplifying an argument by making a statement that is technically true, but ignores a lot of issues. Its an adjective similar to describing the person as being intentionally obtuse or too clever for their own good.
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Commonly known as the "strawman fallacy". – xiota May 31 '18 at 20:13
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Are you looking for "disingenuous?"
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Another take on this could be "reductive"?
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Haven't actually heard it used like that before. Similar but doesn't imply that the author is doing it intentionally, which is what I was going for – Lawton Aug 31 '13 at 22:17
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I might go with "glib" as a synonym for "superficial." However, neither of those are really about being too clever.
When I think of "too clever," I think of "cocky" of "flip."
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Shallow, superficial, or facile:
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
facile
adj 1: arrived at without due care or effort; lacking depth;
"too facile a solution for so complex a problem"
