FYI, there is a name for (roughly) this style of argument: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motte-and-bailey_fallacy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motte-and-bailey

FYI, there is a name for (roughly) this style of argument: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motte-and-bailey_fallacy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motte-and-bailey_fallacy useful to know, as you say it describes a lot of arguments people make online and face-to-face unfortunately.