A person provides his own, erroneous, definition of a concept and then shoots it down based on his error.

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Sorry, but I'm missing something here. I'm having trouble conceiving of this sort of an argument:

Definition: A cat is a tree with purple leaves.

But cats meow and trees can't meow; therefore a cat can't be a tree with purple leaves?????

Can you give an example of your situation?

Typically classed as the definist fallacy.

Strawman first comes to mind.

Defining CRT as you like, then shooting it down.

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