Get Meet Your Strawman

The basic structure of the argument consists of Person A making a claim, Person B creating a distorted version of the claim (the straw man ), and then Person B attacking this distorted version in order to refute Person A's original assertion. ... The straw man argument, in this way, is an example of a red herring.

1 : a weak or imaginary opposition (such as an argument or adversary) set up only to be easily confuted.

1) A person to whom title to property or a business is transferred (sometimes known as a "front") for the sole purpose of concealing the true owner -- for example, a person is listed as the owner of a bar in order to conceal a criminal who cannot obtain a liquor license.

So what is a strawman plan? It's a plan that's meant to be knocked down. It's a plan that you don't have to defend. It's a plan that you can use to float your ideas openly and present them for critique and discussion.

1) A person to whom title to property or a business is transferred (sometimes known as a "front") for the sole purpose of concealing the true owner -- for example, a person is listed as the owner of a bar in order to conceal a criminal who cannot obtain a liquor license. 2) A fallacious argument intended to distract.

A straw owner is a person who owns property legally or has the legal appearance of owning something but does so on behalf of another, sometimes for a fee, and typically solely to hide the identity of the effective owner.

Straw purchases are illegal because federal law criminalizes the making of false statements to a dealer about a material fact on ATF Form 4473, which must be filled out when a firearm is purchased from a licensed dealer.

1 : a weak or imaginary opposition (such as an argument or adversary) set up only to be easily confuted. 2 : a person set up to serve as a cover for a usually questionable transaction.

Examples of Straw Man: 1. Senator Smith says that the nation should not add to the defense budget. Senator Jones says that he cannot believe that Senator Smith wants to leave the nation defenseless.