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Why do people use quote marks to state silly terms other people use, when they have never used that term, and then mock the use of the term?

I see it all the time. Whether they are complaining about a person, an idea, they will come up with some silly couple of words that sound silly, that their opponent never said, yet put it in quote marks and then mock the words.

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FreeSpirit1 · 51-55, F

To piss off "pedantic" people

pianoplayingsteve · 31-35, M

No? That does not piss of pedantic people. That pisses off people that don't like those that create false strawmen and then attack the strawman. Using up resources doing so.

FreeSpirit1 · 51-55, F

Yrs it does. I read a study from the University of Massachusetts that backs up my assertion.

pianoplayingsteve · 31-35, M

@ImAFreeSpirit: having a problem with a single, slight spelling mistake in a wall of text is pedantic, having a problem with an entire statement being a strawman is not pedantic. That would negate the need for the word strawman.

FreeSpirit1 · 51-55, F

LOL