Thread:BunsenH/@comment-25404524-20170720012625/@comment-25404524-20170720231440

Actually, Simple English Wikipedia gives a clearer definition in my eyes, since I don't really have good vocabulary to understand "Complex" English Wikipedia. "Straw man is a device or trope used in arguments. The phrase describes a misrepresentation or false version of an argument. This is an informal fallacy. The reasoning is flawed because it distorts issues. A false version of the other side's argument is proved wrong and it looks as if the real argument has been proved wrong."

- Simple English Wikipedia