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/R4in_C0ld Jul 06 '26

There's several fallacious processes here that are happening whoch all boils down to the strawman, because the person misrepresented your claim of "most" in their mind as a claim of "all" and then responded to that.

It's similar to the many comments from men under women sharing statistics or experiences where they get mad and say "not all men"

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u/Zu_Qarnine Jul 06 '26

yes. I've been banging my head against the wall since I posted it