'Throwing white elephants and red herrings at each other.' (a warning he used in the Dail once).
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- The speaker warns against using distractions or irrelevant issues to avoid real problems.
- In plain terms
- Don't distract people with big useless things or fake problems.
- What can you take from it?
- Distractions hide the real issues at hand.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What distracts you from real issues?
- How do you see through distractions?
Another view
Sometimes distractions are used unintentionally rather than as a strategy.
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