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Fallacy- Straw Man Definition- A Straw Man fallacy is when someone takes someone else’s words and twists their words around, and making their point more “simple” than it was to make it more simple to attack their statement. The Straw Man makes it into a bigger picture than what the words were initially saying.

Example: After Will said that we should put more money into health and education, Warren responded by saying that he was surprised that Will hates our country so much that he wants to leave it defenseless by cutting military spending.

Example: **Bill and Jill are arguing about cleaning out their closets:**

Jill: "We should clean out the closets. They are getting a bit messy."

Bill: "Why, we just went through those closets last year. Do we have to clean them out everyday?"

Jill: "I never said anything about cleaning them out every day. You just want too keep all your junk forever, which is just ridiculous."

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 * The argument of this video is that the man goes into an office and talks on television about cigarettes then flies to LA to talk to a man who works with movie stars.**
 * At the end of this video when they are talking about something just as simple as ice cream and what kind is the best, the older man changes the words and makes it into a bigger picture and starts talking about how we need freedom.**


 * At the beginning of this interview, the interviewer talks about the economy, the reproductive rights, the taxation, the environment, and education. Whenever the guy goes to answer the question, he turns everything around and starts talking about war and victory; making it into an overall bigger picture than what it was set out to be.**

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In this video, the candidate talks about how the president is making it harder and harder for small businesses to thrive and to grow. The candidate then switches the subject around to an even bigger issue and starts talking about the economy and retirement and how bad it has gotten. It talks about how grandparents won't have money anymore to go travel to see their grandchildren, how vacations won't be planned anymore, and how meals aren't as fancy as they once were. He turned around the small business speech to an even bigger topic.