straw man

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tekosyy, veruke A doll or scarecrow (particularly one stuffed with straw).
An insubstantial concept, idea, endeavor or argument, particularly one deliberately set up to be weakly supported, so that it can be easily knock down|knocked down; especially to impugn the strength of any related thing or idea.
An innocuous person or someone of nominal or lesser importance, as a front man or straw boss.
to falsely attribute an insubstantial argument (a straw man argument) to another through direct declaration or indirect implication

Person A: "Cats have claws."Person B: "Not all cats have claws: some are declawed."Person A: "Don't straw man me; I never said all."Person B: "Well, I never said you said all, so don't straw man me either. But you didn't say some cats or most cats so I wanted to interject in case others assumed the lack of qualifier to imply all cats."