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Often, the strawman set up is a weaker argument because it makes a wider or stronger claim. For example:
Fred: "Poverty is one factor that causes crime".
Alice: "You're wrong to claim that all poor people are criminals. My friend Jack is poor, but he is not a criminal!".
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That's not a straw man. That's a hasty generalisation, another type of fallacy altogether. Looks like it's time to go and edit Wiki!