Red herring fallacy examples in real life

RED HERRING FALLACY EXAMPLES IN REAL LIFE PROFESSIONAL

Their opinions about budgetary allotments are completely ignored. Professors can be fired without explanation, and they have no control over who is promoted or given tenure.

The students should have a much greater voice in campus governance, because we have a very great stake in this institution, and we think that we have a positive contribution to make.' Professor: 'The faculty are the ones who need a greater voice.

Student: 'The opinions of the students are completely ignored in the process of determining both curricular changes and social programs.

Is not the issue of the sanctity of human life involved in both issues? Why have you not supported us in our efforts at gun-control legislation?'

Senator Clark: 'Why are you not willing to support the antiabortion amendment? Don't you have any feelings at all for the unborn children whose lives are being indiscriminately blotted out?' Senator Rich: 'I just don't understand why you people who get so worked up about lives being blotted out by abortion don't have the same feelings about the thousands of lives that are blotted out every year by the indiscriminate use of handguns.

Why, when I was your age, I only made $40 a week.'

Son: 'Wow, Dad, it's really hard to make a living on my salary.' Father: 'Consider yourself lucky, son.

This fallacy consists in diverting attention from the real issue by focusing instead on an issue having only a surface relevance to the first.

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RED HERRING FALLACY EXAMPLES IN REAL LIFE PROFESSIONAL

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Red herring fallacy examples in real life