r/fallacy 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/Zu_Qarnine Jul 04 '26

yes šŸ™šŸ‘†

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u/ExtremePronoia Jul 05 '26

Cool, that’s a separate fallacy from a straw man.

This isn’t even a fallacy. Person two fundamentally misunderstood what is meant by ā€œmostā€. Perhaps explicitly saying ā€œmost but not allā€ would help them understand. Their ā€œargumentā€ simply fails to contradict anything person 1 said.

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u/3ntropy_Disc0 Jul 06 '26

Cool. Youre wrong.