It is very rarely helpful to say just “You have misunderstood and strawmanned the opposing position”. Either the person you’re addressing is trying to understand correctly (in which case you could have helped by saying something about what you think is wrong with their presentation of the position) or they aren’t (in which case you are wasting your time engaging at all).
It is very rarely helpful to say just “You have misunderstood and strawmanned the opposing position”. Either the person you’re addressing is trying to understand correctly (in which case you could have helped by saying something about what you think is wrong with their presentation of the position) or they aren’t (in which case you are wasting your time engaging at all).
Noted.