> It's a straw man because it wasn't actually my argument at all. And I admitted as much. I'm allowed to disagree with a certain philosophy or approach, while

> It's a straw man because it wasn't actually my argument at all. And I admitted as much. I'm allowed to disagree with a certain philosophy or approach, while at the same time not discrediting it as an alternative approach nor as a basis for argument. And if I'm not attempting to discredit an argument, but rather saying that I simply don't think we will agree on an issue, then I'm not setting up a strawman.