The Straw Man Argument is arguably (ha) the mother of all logical fallacies, as it is probably one of the most common ones you'll see. A debater sets out to prove his opponent wrong, but in the process of attacking said opponent, he instead accidentally attacks a "Man of Straw"--a position of his opponent that he has misunderstood his opponent to take, while his opponent stands unscathed. He then spends the majority of the debate disproving this opinion that the opponent doesn't even have. The Straw Man fallacy is perhaps one of the most infuriating of logical fallacies, because the supporters of the arguer who has used it will claim victory when, in fact, no true debate has happened at all.
Kennedi Brown.
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