Event can be happenstance, rather than relevant {accident, fallacy}, an irrelevance fallacy.
Attacks can be on people instead of arguments, to discredit experts or people with bad reputations {ad hominem argument}| {argumentum ad hominem}, an irrelevance fallacy.
Appeals to follow popular opinion are not about argument {bandwagon effect}| {bandwagon appeal}, an irrelevance fallacy.
Arguers can talk about people who believe statements, rather than reasoning for or against statements {bias charge}|. It is an irrelevance fallacy and is the same as ad hominem.
Attacking personal character is not about the argument {character assassination fallacy}|. It is an irrelevance fallacy and is the same as ad hominem.
Arguments can define terms in favorable or unfavorable ways without discussion {definist fallacy}, an irrelevance fallacy.
People can exaggerate claim or include too much {extension fallacy}, an irrelevance fallacy.
People can pay for, or coerce, testimony {false testimony}, an irrelevance fallacy.
Arguments can be about statement that is not statement to prove but only related statement {ignoratio elenchi}, an irrelevance fallacy.
People can use omission or misinterpretation {ignoring the context}, an irrelevance fallacy.
Leaving out part is not about the argument {ignoring the question}|. It is an irrelevance fallacy and is the same as red herring or name-calling.
Arguments can refer to something other than current premises and conclusions {irrelevance}, an irrelevance fallacy. Appeals to force, person, pity, the people, or authority are irrelevant fallacies. Arguments from ignorance, neglect of circumstances, questions containing implied question, and irrelevant conclusions are irrelevant fallacies.
People can use words that cause emotional reactions {loaded word}, an irrelevance fallacy.
Arguments can use valid inferences from answer to question that was about something non-existent and so not real {many-questions fallacy}, an irrelevance fallacy.
People can apply false label or use emotional words or connotations without evidence {name-calling}. It is an irrelevance fallacy and is the same as red herring or ignoring the question.
People can exaggerate claims or include too much {overgeneralization}| {hasty generalization}, an irrelevance fallacy. For example, Some A is B, C is A, so C is B.
People can use false issue, emotional issue, or digression {red herring}|. It is an irrelevance fallacy and is the same as ignoring the question or name-calling.
Arguments can distort or exaggerate opponent ideas, making them easier to attack {straw-man fallacy}|, an irrelevance fallacy.
Arguments can use association with something that causes emotion {association transfer} {transfer of association}, an irrelevance fallacy.
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