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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_herring https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_herring
by knuppar 8mo ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_herring https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_herring
- palmotea 8mo agoSorry, no. Being sloppy and saying clearly false things helps no one.
- palmotea 8mo agoSure, if the red herring is the sloppiness that distracts from what's actually going on, and then digging in to defend that (e.g. the clearly false statements about "design"). But it's not a red herring to insist on not being sloppy. Saying false things helps no one.