eli5 Whats a “Straw man fallacy”?
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The strawman fallacy is presenting a caricature of a view, criticizing that view, and then claiming you have refuted the original view.
For example, suppose there’s a proposal to raise taxes on highest earners. If someone argues “They want to make it so everyone has equal income, and [insert some reason this is a problem]”. That’s a strawman, because that wasn’t actually the proposal.
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