I’ve read the definition, I’ve tried to figure it out, I feel so stupid.
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A strawman fallacy is when you misrepresent a person’s argument to make it easier to attack. For example, as a Democrat, I can say that a common strawman fallacy committed against us liberals is something along the lines of, “You just think everyone should have everything for free and no one should have to work for anything. Well here’s why that’s wrong…” The problem is, most Democrats don’t actually think that everything should be free, but it’s a classic strawman argument to make our position easier to attack. To be fair, I would say we liberals can sometimes also be guilty of strawman arguments against the right. Does that make a little more sense?
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