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Sogo

(7,191 posts)
Wed Dec 17, 2025, 10:52 PM Dec 2025

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 Dec 2025 OP
Welp, I guess that old saying is true, MarineCombatEngineer Dec 2025 #1
It's what helped get him elected. progressoid Dec 2025 #2
The sad fact that he did that stunt is proof that they know Klarkashton Dec 2025 #3
Invented by Kelly Anne Con-job Intractable Dec 2025 #4
KnR and thanks for the reminder Alice Kramden Dec 2025 #5

MarineCombatEngineer

(18,060 posts)
1. Welp, I guess that old saying is true,
Wed Dec 17, 2025, 10:56 PM
Dec 2025

"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

(5,295 posts)
3. The sad fact that he did that stunt is proof that they know
Wed Dec 17, 2025, 11:07 PM
Dec 2025

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

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