What is the word for when someone argues with a point by taking the premise

[ElloGuv]

to its most.......? ....ridiculous conclusion? There is a specific word for it..For example. If someone makes a complaint about levels of traffic on the roads, they might argue back that you wish to ban cars from the road for ever and make everyone ride a bicycle to work, when that is not in fact what you said.

 

[Helentlostcountt]

an extremist

 

[AjalGolRound]

Its a "Fallacy"...there are actually different types...this one is "straw man"

http://www.nizkor.org/features/fallacies/
this lists them...
(Knowing and identifying these will win you any argument)

 

[CunningStuntxxx]

Fallacious ?

 

[CanadianBacon]

That could be a Strawman argument.

A Strawman is when the person reframes your point into something you didn't actually say.

ex. Obama wants universal healthcare, therefore Obama is a dirty f**king communist b@stard.

 

[KateeetisIlookcloser]

a knobend?

Im the wrong person to ask right now Guv, Im on a bender hun

 

[RegV]

"Tendentious" comes close.

 

[mJudä§Jøne§²™mm]

It begins with a P... I know that much.