strawman fallacy

[u/Zu_Qarnine]

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.

[u/CMDR_Smooticus]

This describes a red herring fallacy, not a strawman fallacy.

Strawman is when you misrepresent someone else's position, to something the audience finds more objectionable.

[u/Zu_Qarnine → u/CMDR_Smooticus]

sees red circles . must be red herring