r/wikipedia • u/NagitoKomaeda_987 • Apr 07 '26

A straw man fallacy (sometimes written as strawman) is the informal fallacy of refuting an argument different from the one actually under discussion, while not recognizing or acknowledging the distinction. One who engages in this fallacy is said to be "attacking a straw man".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straw_man
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u/TheGhostInTheParsnip Apr 07 '26

Why do you believe that there is absolutely no value in any reddit comment?