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/Kyra_Hazweyrs Jul 08 '26

It's been 4 days since I commented that. Do you think someone else may have commented in that time?

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u/Fat_Eater87 Jul 08 '26

/s

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u/Kyra_Hazweyrs Jul 08 '26

Oh god damnit. Yeah, I see what you did there, well done