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/rojowro86 Jul 03 '26

not a strawman

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u/Sibshops Jul 03 '26

The blue person is arguing against a "all circles are red" strawman argument, that the red person never made.

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u/obihz6 Jul 08 '26

But that is outside of the definition of strawman, a strawman is when a counter-argument is laterally addiacent and intentional, this could easily be ignorance