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Introduction To Straw Man Arguments

Allow me to introduce you to straw man. It's a situation where a debater does not engage with the actual points being made, but with a completely different point that was never contested to begin with.
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Interesting that this rarely gets called out here. Is it despite, or because of the fact that it probably replies to half of the responses?

BTW, I'm not pointing fingers.
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@MistyCee More like 95% of responses, but who's keeping track?