Strawman in a sentence as a noun

The options example he lists for gcc is a pure strawman.

The number of people who are responding to any of my little strawman arguments on their merits is surprising, and frankly disappointing on Hacker News.

Strawman definitions

noun

a person used as a cover for some questionable activity

See also: front figurehead

noun

a weak or sham argument set up to be easily refuted

noun

an effigy in the shape of a man to frighten birds away from seeds

See also: scarecrow bird-scarer scarer