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What's the logical fallacy called, I can't think of it?

This is a bad example but to illustrate a point, let's say you're gay and you talk about a hate crime that happened to you, someone else comments and says "I got robbed by a gay person once, (something generalized like that) and I'm just saying that some are violent."

Then they hijack your post with talking about how some gay people are violent (as if that's a valid point) when the original story was talking about how you had a crime done to you.

They'll go on to say that they've witnessed bad behavior among people and they'll say things like "I'm just saying" and "you're hating on all straight people."

Then instead of the original point being made, they'll continually do it.

It's a bad example but it's to highlight a certain mentality that some people have that their minds can't focus on something specific but even the mere mention of the group will just bring up generalized notions so badly it takes from the original point.

I'm sure that's a fallacy but not really sure what it's called.
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2cool4school · 46-50, F
I don’t think I understand what you are trying to say here ?? Not that it’s hard to confuse me… but wth is this about??!!
SatanBurger · 36-40, F
@2cool4school I already had my post answered, it's between straw manning and whataboutism. Basically my premise is that let's say you're talking about specific issues that relate to only small communities (issues that wouldn't normally affect you but those special communities instead) problems ONLY related to that group and someone comes on to give entire essays in the comment section about something entirely irrelevant to essentially prove that the group you're talking about is bad when they talk about things all over the place or things that have nothing to do with the post but more personal about them instead.

Something like that, straw manning is more closer than whatabouts but whatabouts is also what I was looking for.