The Strawman Fallacy: video blog

The Strawman Fallacy: video blog. This rhetorical sleight of hand involves misrepresenting an opponent's argument to make it easier to attack or refute, rather than engaging with the original statement's substance. By distorting the opposing view, the person committing the fallacy constructs a "strawman" — a simplified, often exaggerated version of the argument — which is then dismantled to give the illusion of having effectively countered the original point.