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In reply to the discussion: OMG Todd has rattled and destroyed Conway on Meet the Depressed. [View all]Buckeye_Democrat
(15,519 posts)49. Looked like the same ol' gish gallop to me.
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Gish%20Gallop
Stop interviewing her! She will ALWAYS avoid answering questions, deflect and accuse.
Named for the debate tactic created by creationist shill Duane Gish, a Gish Gallop involves spewing so much bullshit in such a short span on that your opponent cant address let alone counter all of it. To make matters worse a Gish Gallop will often have one or more 'talking points' that has a tiny core of truth to it, making the person rebutting it spend even more time debunking it in order to explain that, yes, it's not totally false but the Galloper is distorting/misusing/misstating the actual situation. A true Gish Gallop generally has two traits.
1) The factual and logical content of the Gish Gallop is pure bullshit and anybody knowledgeable and informed on the subject would recognize it as such almost instantly. That is, the Gish Gallop is designed to appeal to and deceive precisely those sorts of people who are most in need of honest factual education.
2) The points are all ones that the Galloper either knows, or damn well should know, are totally bullshit. With the slimier users of the Gish Gallop, like Gish himself, its a near certainty that the points are chosen not just because the Galloper knows that they're bullshit, but because the Galloper is deliberately trying to shovel as much bullshit into as small a space as possible in order to overwhelm his opponent with sheer volume and bamboozle any audience members with a facade of scholarly acumen and factual knowledge.
Stop interviewing her! She will ALWAYS avoid answering questions, deflect and accuse.
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She throws out 100 things to obfuscate. A slow disection and constant redirects are needed by press
TheBlackAdder
Jan 2017
#128
It's like everyone in trump's administration is adopting his "Thin skinned mindset".
dubyadiprecession
Jan 2017
#5
Next 3 weeks a lot of the foul shit aboard the illegitimate Republican-Russian Regime, Inc. will..
Achilleaze
Jan 2017
#10
She almost derailed him when she completely mischaracterzed yesterday's marches.
Ms. Toad
Jan 2017
#71
This whole thing is so damn depressing. 4 years of this? I'm ready to call it quits now.
Native
Jan 2017
#53
What's funny is that when she attacks Todd for offeering his opinion about the Spicer presser
tblue37
Jan 2017
#114
they're so good at attacking Conway in part because she's a woman. They still bow down to Trump
Bucky
Jan 2017
#14
Oh how I wish calling a woman a "bitch" would fade out of acceptance regardless of the politics.
SticksnStones
Jan 2017
#90
I don't think he rattled her - she seized on the use of the word "ridiculous"
LenaBaby61
Jan 2017
#152
I don't agree. Todd knew that Conway wasn't going to answer the question from the get-go.
Eyeball_Kid
Jan 2017
#117
He got her to say "alternative facts." That's pretty damn good in my estimation.
Native
Jan 2017
#129
Also, she's a WASTE of our airwaves! Pointless, non-educating time-filler!!
Buckeye_Democrat
Jan 2017
#54
I am so sick of reporters calling lies by every other possible name. Falsehood? Seriously?
Native
Jan 2017
#58
his followers will love her attitude even though she completely avoids an answer to his question
DrDan
Jan 2017
#74
On ABC, George Snufalumpolus was brutal about the lies told about the coronation.
alfredo
Jan 2017
#87