Red herring
A red herring, also called ignoring the question, tries to distract attention from one issue by introducing a second that's unrelated to the first.
Here's an example: "Why worry about pandas becoming extinct when we haven't solved the plight of the homeless?" "You'd be on target if you asked, "What do homeless people have to do with pandas?" If the argument were to focus on proposing that the money spent to prevent the extinction of pandas should go instead to the homeless, the argument would be logical; however, the original statement is a fallacy. By using an irrelevant issue, a person hopes to distract the audience, just as putting a herring in the part of a bloodhound would distract it from the scent it's been following.
Red herring
A red herring, also called ignoring the question, tries to distract attention from one issue by introducing a second that's unrelated to the first.
Here's an example: "Why worry about pandas becoming extinct when we haven't solved the plight of the homeless?" "You'd be on target if you asked, "What do homeless people have to do with pandas?" If the argument were to focus on proposing that the money spent to prevent the extinction of pandas should go instead to the homeless, the argument would be logical; however, the original statement is a fallacy. By using an irrelevant issue, a person hopes to distract the audience, just as putting a herring in the part of a bloodhound would distract it from the scent it's been following.
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