Straw Herring

What is Straw Herring?


1.

When an argument is rebutted by saying it is both a 'red herring' and a 'straw man.' (Usually done at different times.) As the two fallacies are incongruent, this term itself will eventually be incorporated into informal logic as a fallacy.

My opponent's counter argument is a straw herring. First he claims my example is an irrelevant distraction from the topic, (red herring)then goes on to assert I created it using his words out of context so I could attack this erroneous extrapolation of his words and then declare victory. (straw man)

See red herring, straw man, fallacy, futronym


39

Random Words:

1. A really old (1996!) song that took over the world for a while with it's corny dance and cheesy singing. Embarrasing song to be cau..
1. Like an Indian Giver, except when you haven't been given anything. Someone makes a deal and then breaks the deal later. Someone w..
1. A lame term for a bearded dragon. It is the new, cool pet for a yuppy to have. My friend, Graham Wellington, gave me a Rolex for my bi..