What is the Red Herring Fallacy?

If you want to have a worthwhile conversation, both people should do their best to avoid throwing out and using the Red Herring Fallacy. What is the Red Herring Fallacy? This is what I want to discuss in the video and explain why it is a massive distraction in regards to achieving productivity within the discussion. When people are distracted from the main talking point and claims being made, it tends to cause the discussion to go way off course. When this happens, the main claim is either not addressed or addressed in a very surface deep way that does not, actually, provide any true solutions or agreement. In the example I use in the video, you’ll see the Red Herring Fallacy is produced from a place of emotion. When emotion is interjected into a discussion, it’s like the gasoline that ignites the explosion of going “off topic”. Therein lies the problem though, it can “feel like” you’re still on topic, but you’re not! Instead of trying to further explain it, let me just use a real world example that is from my social media! Avoid the Red Herring!

[madimakes]

Thanks for bringing this up. thinking about the ~3:05 mark...interestingly enough, it may very well be for the purpose of getting people's emotional response (which is a good bet on having it translating into a vote) at the expense of a long term solution, why this money is going out in the first place. One could argue that someone is essentially trying to purchase a vote.

[loki-of-asgard]

It's kinda like trying to drink yourself sober. At some point, you gotta put down the bottle.

[loki-of-asgard]

It reminds of this scene from talladega nights when will ferrerl's character gets a knife stuck in his leg and they tried to get it out by sticking another knife in his leg 😂