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by lcnPylGDnU4H9OF 476 days ago
> one side tries to pretend it isn't a problem

It's referred to as a "strawman argument" because it's like arguing with a person made out of straw (evoking images of a person fighting against a straw man for training); such a person is not a difficult opponent and one is not required to put in effort for a fight against them. One might consider who you are arguing against when you say "one side tries to pretend it isn't a problem".

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Exactly.