A
logical fallacy in which the author
attacks an
argument different from (and usually
weaker or
more extreme than)
the opposition's argument. People usually do this when
preaching to the choir to
rile them up, or when they don't have any good
counterargument.
Example: General Wesc has a good one above.
To prove that a Straw Man has been used, give the opposition's better argument to show that it has been misrepresented.