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Straw man.
A straw man is a weak argument that is easily defeated.
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This is a straw man.
But that argument is a straw man.
"They have created a straw man.
And assumption two strikes me as a straw man.
Finally, some readers worried that I characterized a straw man.
It's all about attacking a straw man.
They set up the scientist as a straw man.
To the Editor: Your article sets up a straw man.
That is a straw man argument offered by both extremes.
To build up a straw man and argue against a straw man, you're just making stuff up.
"That's always a straw man," Senator Padavan said.
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