Straw Man: A Fallacy!

Congratulations to the Straw Man,
…………who has been named the fallacy of the week.

To create a “straw man” is to misrepresent your opponent’s argument–not necessarily by misunderstanding it completely, but by depicting your opponent’s argument as being weaker than it actually is.

For instance,

Mary: I think it should be harder for people to purchase a firearm. The laws are too loose.

John: You’re completely irrational. If it were up to you, everyone would be walking around in body armor and hunting would be illegal.

Of course, Mary didn’t argue that everyone should be armored, or that hunting should be illegal. So John created a straw man out of Mary.

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