A straw man argument's an informal fallacy based on misrepresentation of an opponent's position. To "attack a straw man"'s to create the illusion of having refuted a proposition by substituting a superficially similar proposition (the "straw man"), and refuting it, without ever having actually refuted the original position. Presenting and refuting a weakened form of an opponent's argument can be a part of a valid argument. For example, one can argue that the opposing position implies that at le… (More on Strawman)