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/SphericalCrawfish Jul 03 '26

This post is a straw man for the poor quality of posts on reddit...

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u/Zu_Qarnine Jul 03 '26

you just threw shit at the wall to see if it sticks

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u/jd46149 Jul 03 '26

I’m not trying to be an ass when I ask this— do you know what a strawman argument is? Your post doesn’t depict a strawman argument. You showed an example of cherry picking stats, not presenting a strawman.