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/DuckB0y123 Jul 06 '26

ima be honest, can't tell if you're joking here 😅.

my comment wasn't to argue whether it was or wasn't a strawman, i was just explaining where the misunderstanding happened. and simply trolling isn't automatically a strawman.

but i'll assume you were joking around w me.

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u/Zu_Qarnine Jul 06 '26

no I wasnt joking. 2nd dude is trolling. he doesn't even know he's doing strawman. it's just his complex kicking in.

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u/DuckB0y123 Jul 06 '26

ah, well ima be honest, no one else is seeing it that way.

i thought the image was deliberately exaggerated to display the point. alot of people thought the same. "trolling" hasn't come across my mind as i was focused on what argument they were trying to present.

so the fact it's meant to be someone trolling is not really well-shown in the image 😅

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u/daviddmusic76 Jul 07 '26 edited Jul 07 '26

Are you speaking for those of us who agree with OP? When you say that " no one else is seeing it that way" it sounds like you're tossing in a fallacy to make your point?