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Poe’s Law. Without a sarcasm tag it’s impossible to know if the person is being sarcastic or is that extreme.
You can always find someone on a social media site who actually holds that belief
Therefore it's okay to argue against strawmen.
Most of the times its sarcasm unless you are in some places