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-====== Red herrings ======+<div [hidden]> 
 +== Red herrings == 
 +</div> 
 +<h1>Red herrings (distractions)</h1>
  
 This category describes various rhetorical devices that serve to //distract// from the actual topic of a discussion. This category describes various rhetorical devices that serve to //distract// from the actual topic of a discussion.
  
-These include, in particular, <i :la>[[.:ad_hominem:index|ad hominem]]</i> arguments, which attack //the person// presenting an argument rather than coming up with factual counterarguments against the opponents argumentation.+These include, in particular, <i :la>[[.:ad_hominem:index|ad Hominem]]</i> arguments, which attack //the person// presenting an argument rather than coming up with factual counterarguments against the opponents argumentation.
  
 ===== Name ===== ===== Name =====
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 ===== Description ===== ===== Description =====
  
-FIXME **This article is still under construction and therefore incomplete.**+There are many reasons why a participant in a discussion may seek to divert attention from the subject at hand. In most cases, this should not necessarily be interpreted as ill intent, but rather as an attempt to further the conversation or to move on to a topic to which they can contribute more. Inexperienced debaters in particular tend to jump from one topic to another without ever finishing any of them.
  
-===== In this section =====+However, there are also //unfair// ways to distract from the topic. These are discussed in the following articles:
  
   * <i :la>[[rhetoric:red_herrings:ad_hominem:index|(Argumentum) ad Hominem]]</i>   * <i :la>[[rhetoric:red_herrings:ad_hominem:index|(Argumentum) ad Hominem]]</i>
 +    * <i :la>[[rhetoric:red_herrings:ad_hominem:ad_feminam|(Argumentum) ad Feminam]]</i>
 +    * <i :la>[[rhetoric:red_herrings:ad_hominem:ad_virum|(Argumentum) ad Virum]]</i>
 +    * [[rhetoric:red_herrings:ad_hominem:insults|Insults]] (“<i :la>ad Personam</i>”)
 +    * [[rhetoric:red_herrings:ad_hominem:insinuations|Insinuations]] (“circumstantial <i :la>ad Hominem</i>”)
 +    * [[rhetoric:red_herrings:ad_hominem:guilt_by_association|Guilt by association]]
     * <i :la>[[rhetoric:red_herrings:ad_hominem:tu_quoque|Tu quoque]]</i>     * <i :la>[[rhetoric:red_herrings:ad_hominem:tu_quoque|Tu quoque]]</i>
 +  * [[rhetoric:red_herrings:whataboutism:index|Whataboutism]]
 +
 +Also, different //defeasible arguments// and //unfair discussion tactics// can sometimes be used as a diversionary tactic. These include:
 +
 +  * [[relevancy:fallacy-fallacy|Fallacy-fallacy]] (“<i :la>ad Logicam</i>”)
 +  * [[rhetoric:slippery_slope|Slippery slope]]
 +  * [[rhetoric:unfair_discussion_tactics:trolling:derailing|Derailing]]
 +  * [[rhetoric:appeal_to_consequences|Appeal to consequences]]
 +  * [[rhetoric:straw_man|Strawman (argument)]]
 +
 +===== See also =====
 +
 +  * [[rhetoric:confusion_tactics|Confusion tactics]]
  
 ===== More information ===== ===== More information =====
  
   * [[wp>Red herring|Red herring]] on //Wikipedia//   * [[wp>Red herring|Red herring]] on //Wikipedia//

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