Straw man fallacy

A strawman fallacy occurs when someone misrepresents or oversimplifies another person’s argument to make it easier to attack, instead of addressing the actual point. Rather than engaging with the real claim, the speaker creates a distorted version (“a straw man”) and refutes that.
For example, if someone says, “We should regulate social media use among teenagers,” and the opponent replies, “My opponent wants to ban social media entirely,” that’s a strawman. The original argument was about regulation, not banning.
This fallacy weakens honest debate because it avoids meaningful discussion and shifts focus away from the real issue.

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