Senator Lamar Alexander’s answer: Video games are a bigger problem than guns because video games affect people. The question: Can you envision a way of supporting the universal background checks bill? In this video clip, notice how Senator Ted Lamar (R) distracts from the issue of background checks with the topic of video games. It may be true that there are too many issues on the ballot, but that doesn’t make the school choice something we should vote for or not. But we also urge you to note that there are so many issues on this ballot that the whole thing is getting ridiculous.” The argument at hand is whether or not to vote for school choice but the speaker distracts us by bringing up the point that there are too many issues on the ballot. Take this example, “We admit that voting to support school choice is a popular measure. It seeks to “win” an argument by diversion. Why is this a problem? It is a problem because it sidetracks the argument at hand.
Sometimes it happens when the speaker changes the subject and sometimes it happens when the speaker brings up irrelevant information to the topic. When the opponents’ dogs encounter the fishy smell, it distracts them from their mission of fox chasing.Ī red herring fallacy occurs when a speaker distracts listeners with sensational, irrelevant material. If they are ahead in the chase, they can stop and drag the fish across the fox’s scent and make the trail go in a different direction. Riders sometimes keep a fish, –a red herring–in their saddlebags.
In foxhunting, riders on horses follow their dogs who are chasing a fox. A red herring fallacy gets its name from the sport of fox hunting.
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