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add an example I've seen far too often in the voter ID debate
This is fallacious reasoning, because there is no way to know ''why'' person A believes what he does, and Person B has used one reason which suits his own purpose. For example, it's quite possible that Person A wants to cut the program because he wants to change the funding to something which he thinks does a ''better'' job at defending the country. Person A's idea may include putting more money towards diplomatic efforts.
This is fallacious reasoning, because there is no way to know ''why'' person A believes what he does, and Person B has used one reason which suits his own purpose. For example, it's quite possible that Person A wants to cut the program because he wants to change the funding to something which he thinks does a ''better'' job at defending the country. Person A's idea may include putting more money towards diplomatic efforts.
Another example of a straw man argument:
*Person A believes that the state government should not require [[Voter ID|voters to present valid identification to cast a ballot]].
*Person B argues that Person A has his position because he wants to commit [[voter fraud]].
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