Your shirt is a meme.
Wholesome, but not a meme.
Today I learned what a Gish Gallop is.
British journalist Mehdi Hasan suggests using these three steps to beat the Gish gallop:
- 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 your opponent has presented and tear this argument to shreds (also known as the weak point rebuttal).
- Do not budge from the issue. Don't move on until you have decisively destroyed the nonsense and clearly made your point.
- Call it out: name the strategy. "This is a strategy called the 'Gish Gallop'. Do not be fooled by the flood of nonsense you have just heard."
Nicely done.
Did you unupvote yourself?
EDIT: We've both been upvoted. It's ruined!
I actually haven't heard it before.
Actually, if it's a new moon, they can.
Well it is one, isn't it?
Wasn't there some saying about if you're in a server room, the calmer the "Oops," the worse the problem?
If it were legitimate, "let them eat cake" could be interpreted as a sensible plan. The peasants have no bread? We have cake. Let them have some.
Sounds about as fun as Indiana Jones, as long as it's done for fun and not just to make a statement.
I didn't think we were talking about them. Cylus just included them in a list of possibilities, not OP and not me. Another branch off that comment was talking about them in more detail.
That was a nice educational read.