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Straw man Fallacy. The straw man fallacy is to purposely misinterpret someone's argument by taking their strong argument and setting up a straw man to combat the strong argument that is not what they are talking about at all. Contemporary Example.
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Straw man Fallacy The straw man fallacy is to purposely misinterpret someone's argument by taking their strong argument and setting up a straw man to combat the strong argument that is not what they are talking about at all.
Contemporary Example After Will said that we should put more money into health and education, Warren responded by saying that he was surprised that Will hates our country so much that he wants to leave it defenseless by cutting military spending.
Hurt or help us? It can be used to avoid a tough question It makes you think you won Avoid the hard arguments you know you cant win