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You can also do that exercise the other way around to see what we're trying to say. Here's the point Rubix was trying to make that you called a straw man:

Originally Posted by Reincarnate

Zaevod: What kind of food do you like?
Me: I like Japanese food.
Zaevod: NO. WRONG. YOU LIKE THE SUBSET OF JAPANESE FOOD THAT YOU HAVE HAPPENED TO ENJOY, YOU CANNOT SAY THAT ABOUT ALL JAPANESE FOOD. IT IS ILLOGICAL TO SAY THAT YOU LIKE JAPANESE FOOD.

Originally Posted by Reincarnate's point

Zaevod: What kind of people do you hate?
Me: I hate Japanese people.
Zaevod: NO. WRONG. YOU HATE THE SUBSET OF JAPANESE PEOPLE THAT YOU HAVE HAPPENED TO MEET, YOU CANNOT SAY THAT ABOUT ALL JAPANESE PEOPLE. IT IS ILLOGICAL TO SAY THAT YOU HATE JAPANESE PEOPLE.

Notice how both of these quotes are basically making the same kind of point. Why do you think the first one is wrong but the second one is acceptable? What point can you make about people that you CANNOT say about food in this way?