Houtman Defense

What is Houtman Defense?

1.

A defense mechanism used in a political debate that consists of turning the argument into a stereotype about mexicans and other hispanics, or using the stereotype as a parallel to push a point across.

Alex knew he was losing the arguement about rednecks voting bush into office, so he used the houtman defense and simply said well illegal immigrants drive our fruit picking industry.

See debate, argument, politics, hispanic, mexican, immigrant, stereotype, redneck, bush
88

Random Words:

W.a.f.o.s
1. (n)def. White artist from outta state. What native, African-American Brooklynites call the suburban post-hippie/alt/click/emo/rocker/..
Read more
Shatap
1. A twisted way of telling one to shut up. Danni: I'm gonna go out with my girlies tonight, get pissed have a good nigh... Sunny: S..
Read more
Lagamanjara
1. That one time in your life on an online game when you lag 7 times in a row in less than 4 seconds. (Very common in dial up cases) John..
Read more

Best StartPage for your browser.

All you need for a faster workflow in one place.



Get it for Free