Introducing irrelevant facts or arguments to distract from the subject under discussion is a type of logical fallacy called _____.

A.Straw man
B. bandwagon effect
C.ad hominem
D. red herring

Question

Introducing irrelevant facts or arguments to distract from the subject under discussion is a type of logical fallacy called _____.

A.Straw man
B. bandwagon effect
C.ad hominem
D. red herring

anonymous · Answer

Lets take out B & D. Now choose. :)

anonymous · Answer

A?

anonymous · Answer

Not quite. Strawman is when you take someone argument and twist it so that it's exaggerated and false. Ad hominem is when you just start saying irrelevant things about the other person in the argument.