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* StrawCharacater
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* StrawCharacaterStrawCharacter
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* StrawCharacater
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* StrawmanPolitical
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* StrawHypocrite
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* StrawHypocriteStrawHypocrite (When the {{hypocrite}} doesn't even believe what he preaches; as with AmoralAttorney or CorruptChurch, not ''always'' a subtrope of TheWarOnStraw, but a frequent one nevertheless.)
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When the War on Straw is being lost, its StrawmanHasAPoint.
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* TheFundamentalist (can be used to portray a religous sterotype)
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* TheFundamentalist (can be used to portray a religous sterotype)religious stereotype)
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* GoodIsDumb (portrays [[GoodnessTropes goodness]] and [[IdealismTropes idealism]] as something utterly moronic and out of touch with life)
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* TheFundamentalist (can be used to portray a religous sterotype)
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Some of the tropes here are not strawman every time they appear; for instance, a CorruptChurch, AnimalWrongsGroup, or AmoralAttorney can sometimes be used as a villain a la AcceptableTargets without any (deliberate) intention of making a larger political statement. Sometimes people use those things with the justification that they ''do'' exist in reality to a limited extent -- but they are still strawmen when used, implicitly or explicitly, to try to make a larger argument against anyone who shares their beliefs.
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Some of the tropes here are not strawman every time they appear; for instance, a CorruptChurch, AnimalWrongsGroup, or AmoralAttorney can sometimes be used as a villain a la AcceptableTargets [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotDidactic without any (deliberate) intention intention]] of making a larger political statement. Sometimes people use those things with the justification that they ''do'' exist in reality to a limited extent -- but they are still strawmen when used, implicitly or explicitly, to try to make a larger argument against anyone who shares their beliefs.
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* CategoryTraitor
* StrawAffiliation
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* StrawTraitor
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The flip side (where the target is ''so'' wacky it's hard to parody) is PoesLaw.
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* ThereAreNoGoodExecutives
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* ThereAreNoGoodExecutives
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* PoliticallyMotivatedTeacher (in its most basic form)
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* TheCruella (pretending anyone who eats meat or wears fur actually like animals being hurt)
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* TheCruella CruellaToAnimals (pretending anyone who eats meat or wears fur actually like animals being hurt)
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* AssimilationAcademy (where schools are portrayed as soul-sucking institutions designed to mould everyone into being identical.)
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* AgentScully - your opponent doesn't believe you? It's just because he or she is a closed-minded meanie who categorically dismisses anything that doesn't fit his/her hyper-"rational" worldview.
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* AgentScully - your opponent doesn't (used to portray skeptics and scientists as people who don't believe you? It's just in magic/the paranormal/higher powers simply because he or she is a closed-minded meanie who they categorically dismisses dismiss anything that doesn't fit his/her into their hyper-"rational" worldview.)
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* AgentScully - your opponent doesn't believe you? It's just because he or she is a closed-minded meanie who categorically dismisses anything that doesn't fit his/her hyper-"rational" worldview.
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-->''A straw man argument is one based on misrepresentation of an opponent's position. To 'set up a straw man' or 'set up a straw man argument' is to describe a position that superficially resembles an opponent's actual view but is easier to refute, then attribute that position to the opponent.'' - Wikipedia
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-->''A straw man argument is one based on misrepresentation of an opponent's position. To 'set up a straw man' or 'set up a straw man argument' is to describe a position that superficially resembles an opponent's actual view but is easier to refute, then attribute that position to the opponent.'' - Wikipedia
[[ThatOtherWiki Wikipedia]]
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Some of the tropes here are not strawman every time they appear; for instance, a CorruptChurch, AnimalWrongsGroup, or AmoralAttorney can sometimes be used as a villain a la AcceptableTargets without any (deliberate) intention of making a larger political statement. Sometimes people use those things with the justification that they ''do'' exist in reality to a limited extent -- but they are still strawmen when used, implicitly or explicitly, to try and make a larger argument against anyone who shares their beliefs.
Sometimes the existence of non-corrupt/wrong/amoral versions is acknowledged in the setting to indicate that there's no hard feelings; on the other hand, sometimes those good versions are really a FoxNewsLiberal used to try and make an actual strawman less obvious.
Sometimes the existence of non-corrupt/wrong/amoral versions is acknowledged in the setting to indicate that there's no hard feelings; on the other hand, sometimes those good versions are really a FoxNewsLiberal used to try and make an actual strawman less obvious.
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Some of the tropes here are not strawman every time they appear; for instance, a CorruptChurch, AnimalWrongsGroup, or AmoralAttorney can sometimes be used as a villain a la AcceptableTargets without any (deliberate) intention of making a larger political statement. Sometimes people use those things with the justification that they ''do'' exist in reality to a limited extent -- but they are still strawmen when used, implicitly or explicitly, to try and to make a larger argument against anyone who shares their beliefs.
Sometimes the existence of non-corrupt/wrong/amoral versions is acknowledged in the setting to indicate that there's no hard feelings; on the other hand, sometimes those good versions are really a FoxNewsLiberal used to tryand to make an actual strawman less obvious.
Sometimes the existence of non-corrupt/wrong/amoral versions is acknowledged in the setting to indicate that there's no hard feelings; on the other hand, sometimes those good versions are really a FoxNewsLiberal used to try
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[[caption-width-right:200:Your argument did not address his,but his, but nice try. ]]
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* HeteronormativeCrusader
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* WindmillCrusader
* WindmillPolitical
* WindmillPolitical
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* IAmNotMakingThisUpDisclaimer (when [[RefugeInAudacity the Strawman in question is an honest representation]])
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* IAmNotMakingThisUpDisclaimer NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer (when [[RefugeInAudacity the Strawman in question is an honest representation]])
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* IAmNotMakingThisUp (when [[RefugeInAudacity the Strawman in question is an honest representation]])
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* IAmNotMakingThisUp IAmNotMakingThisUpDisclaimer (when [[RefugeInAudacity the Strawman in question is an honest representation]])
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* IAmNotMakingThisUp (when [[StrangerThanFiction the Strawman in question ''is'' an honest representation]])
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* IAmNotMakingThisUp (when [[StrangerThanFiction [[RefugeInAudacity the Strawman in question ''is'' is an honest representation]])
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* IAmNotMakingThisUp (when [[StrangerThanFiction the Strawman in question ''is'' an honest representation]])
