People Places Things HOT! The Top Ranked Comments For red herring a red herring is a fallacy in which an irrelevant topic is presented in order to divert attention from the original issue. the basic idea is to 'win' an argument by leading attention away from the argument and to another topic. Score: 0 8449 Ranked Items and counting! | View Top 100 of Everything! | all Ranqings | all Ranqed Items © 2024 Ranqit! Design by Code | Contact Us!