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Fallacy: Red Herring
Also Known as: Smoke Screen, Wild Goose Chase.
A Red Herring is a fallacy in which an irrelevant topic is presented
in order to divert attention from the original issue. The basic idea is
to "win" an argument by leading attention away from the
argument and to another topic. This sort of "reasoning" has
the following form:
This sort of "reasoning" is fallacious because merely
changing the topic of discussion hardly counts as an argument against a
claim.
"You know, I've begun to think that there is some merit in the
Republican's tax cut plan. I suggest that you come up with something
like it, because If we Democrats are going to survive as a party, we
have got to show that we are as tough-minded as the Republicans, since
that is what the public wants."
"I think there is great merit in making the requirements
stricter for the graduate students. I recommend that you support it,
too. After all, we are in a budget crisis and we do not want our
salaries affected."
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Description of Red Herring
Examples of Red Herring
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