ˈdälfən™🐬 💥 🌊 on Nostr: So, I thought that Trump just spoke gobbledygook diversional nonsense in the last ...

So, I thought that Trump just spoke gobbledygook diversional nonsense in the last debate, but it turns out there is a name for this ‘tactic’—

Gish Gallop

Lol yep— not answering questions or engaging in reasoned discussion but rather creating “so much confusion and misdirection that the opponent cannot adequately respond to each point” so that the Galloper “appear(s) victorious by sheer volume, not merit” has a name.

#USPol #debate

https://politicaldictionary.com/words/gish-gallop/

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