Deflectors Of The Faith: The art of changing the subject

There are so many folks who are experts at moving and shaking the central issues. Once the spotlight has been turned on them, and they have to tell a truth, talk about a particular subject that has been disputed, or analyzed, or just plain old put their foot in their mouth, they will masterfully swing the issue around to another topic. Once this is done, the new diverted topic will all of a sudden take precedence, and of course now all parties involved have to waste energy engaging themselves in a useless circular orgy of rhetoric and mayhem, and of course the main central issue is all but thrown to the curb.
This happens all over the place in many different scenarios and when it does it really leaves everyone wondering how the hell they ended up talking about some idiotic subject that had nothing to do with the one that was started. These are folks who are masters at changing the subject, and deflecting heat from themselves, because it is always the folks that have the most to lose that are good at it, and the most to gain in everyone's eyes if they are successful. When called out or examined, or questioned, they will proceed to point fingers, bring up a topic that has no relevance, or move the topic to a different area raising questions that pertain to some other dynamic of the subject. This actually is a gift that has been developed out of self preservation, and those that develop this gift have to for a reason. They are constantly "Making stuff up" and covering their tracks with some sort of metaphorical branches and occasionally trip themselves up, leaving themselves exposed, and open to criticism or questioning. The only way to get out of the spider web is to change the central issue. All of a sudden there is confusion, as all parties try to unburden themselves of the new diversion, giving the deflector time to think and undo themselves.
What is the benefit of being a deflector? Ego. Once again that 3 letter word that powers most people into situations of idiocy. It is the ego that is to be protected, and held close like a rare vase. It is the ego, that is afraid that people will actually see flaws, and be hip to nonsense, and it is the ego that moves the central subject to the back of the bus so that the pointing of fingers can begin. The worst thing about being a deflector is that maybe not today, or tomorrow, but eventually it will catch up in the sense that so much energy is wasted on deflection and diverting that people begin to see through it, because it happens so often. Even when there is no reason to, the deflector will make stuff up in some twisted effort to be in control of a situation that doesn't actually need controlling. And that is when the game will be up, folks will see it for what it is, and the deflector will have to resort to a new way with the same folks who are now savvy.
Deflectors have nothing to say, and they know it, and when they do say something it is suspect, so the diversionary tactics are always in play to keep the spotlight off of their lack of original thinking, and perhaps lead some twisted caravan of fools who will rally to their diverted cause, which is of course not even the central issue of the topic that was in play. Look around, and it is happening all of the time. Masters of changing the subject. Catch them when you can, or if you can, because they know what they are doing, and do it well. And for the people who wanted to talk about the issues at hand, get used to saying this;  "How the hell did we get on this subject?"