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Red Herring

What is it?

Attempting to redirect the argument to another issue to which the person doing the redirecting can better respond.

Why is it bad?

Attempting to redirect a channel argument to another issue to which the person doing the redirecting can better respond.

Example in Chat

@deflectorToday at 4:20 PM

Yeah, I might have pinged everyone for no reason, but can we talk about how the real issue is that the mods haven't updated the server banner for Halloween yet?