• pahlimur@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    Huh you know what, your right. Is there a word for purposely derailing a discussion by bringing up unrelated information? I guess it would be misleading, maybe?

    • Sybil@lemmy.world
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      11 months ago

      people do derail and use red herrings, but I think most of them don’t even realize it unless someone calls it out.