The strategy of inserting irrelevancies into an argument to distract someone from the real issues is called
A) red herring.
B) decision-point fallacy.
C) poisoning the well.
D) slippery slope.

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A red herring is a rhetorical strategy or logical fallacy that involves introducing irrelevant material to an argument to distract and lead away from the point being argued.

The Strategy of Inserting Irrelevancies into an Argument to Distract