Let me break it down for you.
Straw man
A straw man or straw person, also known in the UK as an Aunt Sally,[1][2] is a type of argument and is an informal fallacy based on misrepresentation of an opponent's position(WHICH YOU DID).[3] To "attack a straw man" is to create the illusion of having refuted a proposition by replacing it with a superficially similar yet unequivalent proposition(AGAIN WHICH YOU DID) (the "straw man"), and to refute it, without ever having actually refuted the original position.(ALSO WHICH YOU DID)[3][4] This technique has been used throughout history in polemical debate, particularly in arguments about highly charged, emotional issues.
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