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ELI5:The strawman fallacy

Heard numerous times and I swear every time I read it from somewhere I never get it.
gpt
Your mom says you can't have any cookies before dinner because you will spoil your appetite. You complain to your dad that your mom will not let you eat anything because she wants you to starve. This was not your mother's argument, but your dad hears this and storms into the kitchen wanting to know why she insists on starving you. Your mom tells him that's not what she said at all, that her position was simply that you could not have any cookies before dinner, and your dad nods sagely at this. Realizing you misrepresented your mother's claims, your father sentences you to stand in the field to scare off crows while you think about what you've done.

\*Au. Thank you.