There’s a form of “appeal to ridicule” straw man argument that is so common on Twitter that I feel it should have its own name. It’s when one misrepresents an argument so they can make a joke for the amusement of their followers. I think we could call it a straw clown argument.
Sure. Note that in the images provided in this tweet, not one of the headlines is telling people to learn to code (they're just describing that people are learning to code).pic.twitter.com/dTEYGGJe6t