A method of arguing that should be avoided - it involves redefining the issue to be rebutted so it can easily be demolished. (Meaning the original issue has not been refuted.)

a debating technique where one sets up a contrast that can only lead to one reasonable outcome, not because the "losing" argument is necessarily flawed but because it was represented in a way as to seem ludicrous by comparison

an argument deliberately set up so as to be easily refuted or defeated

an invalid argument In this day and time we witness prosecutors around the country who regularly use only circumstantial evidence to send hundreds of Blacks to prison and to death chamber

a statement a person makes if they want to more easily attack an opposing position