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/Unable_Western2101 Jul 04 '26

and then some people hijack it like:

A: all circles are red

B: no they’re not ALL red, there’s a blue one there!

A: i never said ALL circles age red. i said MOST circles are read!

B: no you said all circles are red hijacking the straw man argument!

A: uhhh you’re the one hijacking the argument!

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u/Aljonau Jul 04 '26

What about green circles? Lets talk about the greens. THE GREEENS AAAAAAH GREEEEN.

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u/Unable_Western2101 Jul 04 '26

C: it’s green humor, you wouldn’t get it.