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my opponent will say that recycling is in an issue here but that's just because they don't care about the sea turtles or other marine life affected by plastic in the ocean what is a logical fallacy​

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Answer: this is a straw man fallacy

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Logical fallacy: It happens when someone makes the claim that something must be true of the entire thing since it is true of some portions of the entire thing.Its basically a Bad reasoning or a bad argument against a person argument

The main three logical fallacies

AD HOMINEM
is intended at an individual rather than the argument they are making

STRAW MAN
presenting someone's point falsely or inaccurately in order to undermine it.

SLIPPERY SLOPE
supposing that a single, relatively unimportant incident will have a number of unforeseen effects and produce a noteworthy result.
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