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    Red Herring Fallacy

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    Fallacy is also known as The Red Herring Fallacy (Waller). It is easy to understand why the Red Herring Fallacy is effective. Any argument will seem legitimate when it is filled with facts and figures‚ even if it is irrelevant. Ad campaigns are justified when filled with inapplicable fact-based information. Politicians make claims and justify them with unrelated information‚ even if the information is true. This is frequently occurring. Essentially‚ the red herring fallacy is a smoke screen. A smoke

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    Red herrings are clues meant to mislead the reader and obscure the true answer to the puzzle. You know‚ when all the evidence seems to lead to fact that the butler did it‚ but the perceptive and effective detective sees through the flimsy device and realizes that the real murderer was really the supposedly-crippled shopkeeper! Or the jilted fiancee! Or someone’s secret twin! Or just whomever!!! The important thing here is that the goal of the red herring is to cause misdirection. Classic examples

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    Obama’s Red Herring During presidential election years‚ television campaign advertisements are common and some even commit fallacies. In the presidential election of 2008‚ Barack Obama vs. John McCain‚ Obama ran an advertisement called “Seven.” The ad beings by saying‚ “Maybe you’re struggling to pay the mortgage on your home.” McCain is then quoted saying the fundamentals of the economy are strong. Next the ad poses the question of how many houses McCain owns‚ and that McCain owns seven homes

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    Toulouse

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    and facilitates the movement of holidaymakers‚ business travellers‚ people visiting friends and relatives. In terms of transportation‚ we would like to speak about Toulouse Blagnac Airport which is a gateway to the world and aims to become the main airport of southwest France‚ connecting the world’s major financial centres. Toulouse is called the capital of the Midi-Pyrénées region. According to Wells and Young(2004)‚ by nature of the fact that the airports are among the largest public facilities

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    Red Herring fallacy is a fallacy‚ which someone presents a new issue‚ or argument that disturbs from the original topic. So they try to bring an unrelated subject to interfere the topic that originally was started in the beginning. For example: Daughter: Mom‚ Can I go to a party tonight? Mom: How can I be certain your not going to drink alcohol? Daughter: Ugh mom‚ how can you even consider that when I’ve been doing homework all day! This is an example of red herring because “doing homework all

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    implements the red herring fallacy to illustrate how people often throw arguments off course by raising an irrelevant issue. During an argument between Putman and Proctor‚ Miller writes‚ “I [Putman] never heard you so worried about society‚ Mr. Proctor. I do not think I saw you at Sabbath meeting since snow flew” (Miller I. 28). Miller shows how Putman effectively derails the conversation‚ preventing the other people from continuing to talk about witchcraft. Miller’s use of the red herring fallacy helps

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    Big Red

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    Tanner Drews ENGL 1213 March 21‚ 2013 Big Red When the spring comes we start going outside and enjoying the beautiful weather. Springtime bring us to our favorite outside activities‚ activities such as gardening‚ fishing‚ and hiking‚ after being cooped up in the cold winter. We have the exciting sport of baseball opening up that get us putting on our shorts‚ caps‚ and sunglasses to experience the sporty outdoor. But what about those spring spectators who wear their suits‚ sport jackets‚

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    Ad Hominem vs. Red Herring The fallacies Ad Hominem and Red Herring are closely related; however‚ they are not the same and must remain distinct. Ad Hominem is an invalid argument that attacks the person rather than the policy that they are bringing across. An example of this would be a student demeaning a teacher’s grading by insulting her intelligence. On the other hand‚ Red Herring is a fallacy that involves bringing up irrelevant information in order to avoid bringing attention to the real issue

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    Midnight Herring

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    Midnight Herring‚ written by David Frew‚ is written in a narrative view. Midnight Herring is a real true story about the residents of Lake Erie during the prohibition era. The story goes on and it is told about what the life was like during the prohibition era. David Frew‚ is a main character in the book Midnight Herring. David Frew was a professor at Gannon University‚ and worked with the association of the behavior in Erie‚ Pennsylvania. David Frew knew he wanted to‚ and had to speak with Chief

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    Toulouse-Lautrec

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    Night Life in Paris Henri Toulouse-Lautrec’s “At the Moulin Rouge” displays a unique and personable version of the night life in Paris. The painting is done in oil on canvas and was created near the end of the Impressionist era. Toulouse-Lautrec however‚ does not use the dramatic colors as some of the early Impressionistic paintings. There are no flowers‚ sun‚ or landscape that is typically associated with the period. Instead‚ he portrays a seemingly smoky-filled night club scenario. At

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