Red herrings

A rhetorical device which distracts from discussing the topic at hand and tries to lead the discussion to a different topic.

• Distraction techniques
• Change of topic

The term “red herring” refers to a kind of marinated fish that was used in training scent hounds. Their trainer would taint a scent trail with the pungent smelling food in order to teach them not to be distracted.

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• (Argumentum) ad Hominem
  • Tu quoque

• Red herring on Wikipedia