Geoff observes: there is a reluctance to answer direct questions with direct answers and a lot of red herrings thrown in. (climateaudit.org)
Picnic at Hanging Rock is haunted by similar guilt, but like a good mystery story shores itself up with red herrings in order to displace it. (sensesofcinema.com)
And I guarantee that back when, segregationist groups used these same sorts of «religious freedom» arguments as red herrings to disguise their real agenda. (religion.blogs.cnn.com)