#irrelevant conclusion

[locusnegotium]

Reminder to pick out inconsistencies from *within* the belief-system, “for argument’s sake,” otherwise any claims from an outside perspective just deviate from the main subject. (E.G., if Person A is arguing the semantics of a hypothetical alien-invasion, and Person B chimes in with, “Well, aliens aren’t real, so nothing you say about them matters, actually,” then nothing has been contributed.) 

[chochote-sijali]

Irrelevant conclusion (missing the point) examples from Wikipedia

Example 1:

A: There is no point in people ranting on social media about politics; the president is not going to read it anyway.

B: But it is their social media. People can agree on making a petition or convey notice from many others that they will be signing one based on their concerns.

A: Well, I do not keep up with it anyway.

Example 2:

A: Does the law allow me to do that?

B: The law should allow you to do that because this and that.