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A straw man argument is one that distorts an opponent's arguments in order to weaken them and thereby make it easier to refute them. Straw manning is considered a violation of the conventions of constructive argumentation.^{[citation needed]}

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Links

"Krugman's Straw-Man Market System" by William L. Anderson, January 2011
Straw man at Wikipedia

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