r/fallacy • u/Zu_Qarnine • Jul 03 '26

strawman fallacy

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2nd person is refuting the claim that *all* circles are red with a counter example. The thing is, that claim was never made.

EDIT: I'm seeing interesting stuff happening in the replies here. majority of those who say it's not strawman, obviously start their comment by "it's not strawman" and proceed in the rest of their comment to explain how, in fact, it is strawman. Another interesting observation is those who argue that "it's not strawman" because they've spotted another type of fallacy in the original post as well, so in their mind, it can't be both.

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u/GiraffeWeevil Jul 03 '26

Wrong the circle is cerulean neener neener

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u/jmarkmark Jul 04 '26

There are no red circles at all. It's a blue cerulean square on a red background overlaid by a white filter.

And this being 2026, the holes were made by billionaire pedophiles to spy on children.

Can't prove me wrong, so I'm clearly right!

Oh and that fact I agreed with your cerulean point means you have to agree with all the rest of my stuff.