Fallacy:Attacking a strawman
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A straw man is a form of argument and an informal fallacy.
It is when the party attempting to refute an argument, instead creates a new argument within their retort (usually superficial, non-sequitur or simple to refute) and goes on to rebut said replaced argument - avoiding the initial point altogether. This can be done through exaggeration, misrepresentation or complete fabrication of the persons argument into an absurdity.
Person A presents argument: X
Person B distorts argument X into argument: Y
Person B refutes argument Y
Example:
"Oranges are my favourite fruit."
"You don't like grapes or strawberries? What about tangerines? They're similar. Limiting yourself to one fruit is ridiculous."