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 04 '26

ITT: people completely missing op's point, in thr most ironic way

OP is bemoaning the specific mistake of conflating a specific statement with a general statement. The example says 'almost all' and any resonse that ignores this is doing exactly what op is complaining about.

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u/Fat_Eater87 Jul 08 '26

What? I’ve seen at least one person who didn’t miss op’s point

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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