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106:, misrepresentations and outright lies, making it impossible for the opponent to refute all of them within the format of the debate. Each point raised by the Gish galloper takes considerably longer to refute than to assert. The technique wastes an opponent's time and may cast doubt on the opponent's debating ability for an audience unfamiliar with the technique, especially if no independent 74:
attempts to overwhelm an opponent by presenting an excessive number of arguments, with no regard for their accuracy or strength, with a rapidity that makes it impossible for the opponent to address them in the time available. Gish galloping prioritizes the quantity of the galloper's arguments at the
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Generally, it is more difficult to use the Gish gallop in a structured debate than a free-form one. If a debater is familiar with an opponent who is known to use the Gish gallop, the technique may be countered by pre-empting and refuting the opponent's commonly used arguments before the opponent has
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Because there are too many falsehoods to address, it is wise to choose one as an example. Choose the weakest, dumbest, most ludicrous argument that the galloper has presented and tear that argument to shreds ("the weak point
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Call out the strategy by name, saying: "This is a strategy called the 'Gish Gallop'—do not be fooled by the flood of nonsense you have just heard."
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and is sometimes referred to as "the bullshit asymmetry principle". The element of the technique also is referred to as spewing a
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Do not budge from the issue or move on until having decisively destroyed the nonsense and clearly made the counter point.
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During a typical Gish gallop, the galloper confronts an opponent with a rapid series of specious arguments,
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The difference in effort between making claims and refuting them is known online as
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is involved, or if the audience has limited knowledge of the topics.
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The term "Gish gallop" was coined in 1994 by the anthropologist
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Index

/ˈɡɪʃˈɡæləp/
rhetorical
debate
Eugenie Scott
creationist
Duane Gish
half-truths
fact-checking
Brandolini's law
firehose of falsehoods
Mehdi Hasan
British journalist
Richard Nixon
George McGovern
Ad hominem attack
Brandolini's law
Filibuster
Firehose of falsehood
Proof by intimidation
Sealioning
Spreading
Scott 2004
Scott 1994
Logan 2000
Sonleitner 2004
Grant 2011
Hayward 2015
"Stay Tuned with Preet, Debating 101"
Johnson 2017
Grant 2015

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