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Sogo

(6,946 posts)
Wed Dec 17, 2025, 09:52 PM Wednesday

In a nutshell: Gish Gallop.

Wikipedia: The Gish gallop is a rhetorical technique in which a person in a debate attempts to overwhelm an opponent by presenting an excessive number of arguments, without 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 expense of their quality.

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In a nutshell: Gish Gallop. (Original Post) Sogo Wednesday OP
Welp, I guess that old saying is true, MarineCombatEngineer Wednesday #1
It's what helped get him elected. progressoid Wednesday #2
The sad fact that he did that stunt is proof that they know Klarkashton Wednesday #3
Invented by Kelly Anne Con-job Intractable Wednesday #4
KnR and thanks for the reminder Alice Kramden Wednesday #5

MarineCombatEngineer

(17,541 posts)
1. Welp, I guess that old saying is true,
Wed Dec 17, 2025, 09:56 PM
Wednesday

"if you can't dazzle them with brilliance, then baffle them with bullshit", and that's what he delivered tonight, pure unadulterated bullshit.

I didn't watch it, but judging from the threads and posts here on DU, that's my takeaway.

Klarkashton

(4,643 posts)
3. The sad fact that he did that stunt is proof that they know
Wed Dec 17, 2025, 10:07 PM
Wednesday

His head is in the toilet. blaming Biden a year in is a dead horse. Fuck that bastard.

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