What fallacy distracts people from the argument at hand?
gbeatty Teacher College – Freshman Editor Emeritus Debater Scribe $(document).ready(function() { $(‘a.toggle_expert_titles’).click(function() { $(‘#show_expert_titles’).toggle(); return false; }); }); A number of fallacies would do this as a side effect (attack on the person, for example), but the easiest example of a fallacy doing this is the non sequitur. That means “it does not follow,” and happens when you introduce something unrelated.
