{"id":241598,"date":"2020-06-08T07:09:57","date_gmt":"2020-06-08T14:09:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/?p=241598"},"modified":"2020-06-08T07:35:53","modified_gmt":"2020-06-08T14:35:53","slug":"the-red-herring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2020\/06\/08\/the-red-herring\/","title":{"rendered":"The Red Herring"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In life, always be careful of the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Red_herring\">red herring<\/a> &#8230; the distraction. The thing you think what you think you should be focusing on, but in truth \u00e2\u20ac\u201d we should focus on something else or other issues. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For example:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Is classicism the better issue to discuss?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2020\/06\/05\/the-american-race\/\">America<\/a> is becoming a more caste-based system. Tech elite on top, poor working class Uber and Grubhub guys on bottom. Death of the <a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2017\/08\/25\/the-death-of-the-photographic-middle-class\/\">middle class<\/a> in America. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What we are currently experiencing is a class battle. To me, <a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2020\/05\/25\/race-aint-real-morphology-is\/\">race<\/a> is the red herring \u00e2\u20ac\u201d it is the distraction. We are all the \u00e2\u20ac\u0153<a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2020\/03\/12\/the-human-race\/\">human race<\/a>\u00e2\u20ac\u009d. What\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s more interesting to study:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>What is the significance of more and more wealth becoming concentrated higher up, and the slavery and indentured servitude of people on bottom?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-videopress\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"VideoPress Video Player\" aria-label='VideoPress Video Player' width='1180' height='664' src='https:\/\/videopress.com\/embed\/sunBHQjB?autoPlay=1&amp;loop=1&amp;muted=1&amp;persistVolume=0&amp;preloadContent=metadata&amp;hd=0&amp;cover=1' frameborder='0' allowfullscreen allow='clipboard-write'><\/iframe><script src='https:\/\/v0.wordpress.com\/js\/next\/videopress-iframe.js?m=1770107250'><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In life, always be careful of the red herring &#8230; the distraction. 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