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Revision as of 20:30, 18 August 2015

Logical Fallacy: Strawman
The author sets up a weakened or caricatured version of the opponent's argument. The author then proceeds to demolish the weak version of the argument, and claim victory. In this case, the author misrepresented our argument in order to make it easier to attack.