In Heather's speech against breastfeeding in public, she says, "These women are angry because we won't let them flash their breasts at strangers in public! What decent person wants to see that?" Because Heather is trying to refute an argument that supporters of breastfeeding in public never actually made, Heather is engaging what type of fallacy?
A. straw man fallacy
B. appeal to false authority
C. slippery slope
D. red herring fallacy
Answer: A
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