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[โ€“] Dagwood222@lemm.ee -2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

https://www.logical-fallacy.com/articles/reduction-to-absurdity/

Reduction to absurdity fallacy.

Basically, you can't actually refute the point, so you carry it to a ridiculous extreme without giving it serious consideration.

And since people here use it all the time, I can't even give you points for originality.

Did you actually bring up logical fallacies? Haha