Posted on 09/06/2024 4:59:02 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
Kamala Harris. Donald Trump. Gish Gallop.
All three are expected at Tuesday’s presidential debate, even if most of America is unfamiliar with one name in that lineup.
GG, as I’ve now come to call it, is a shell game/debate tactic that takes its name from Duane Gish, a prominent figure in the creationist movement who deployed dubious arguments, selective factoids, and rapid-fire lies to overwhelm his opponents in public discussions about the theory of evolution.
The disinformation technique, coined Gish Gallop in 1994 by the National Center for Science Education’s founding director Eugenie Scott, is essentially the art of burying one’s opponent in falsehoods, outlandish rhetoric and red herrings, making it near impossible for them to cut through the subterfuge and correct the lies within the timed confines of a debate.
Making the GG method work one’s favor requires criminal levels of confidence and showmanship. I’m not suggesting that former President Trump studied the late creationist’s playbook, if there is such a thing. That would require reading. But there is an instructional set of videotapes.
On those recordings, Duane Gish advises potential debaters to avoid talking about too many subjects on the public stage, steer clear of arguments that are too technical and stick with a few simple arguments, like insisting that fossils are not proof of human evolution but in fact fakes and hoaxes. Does this witch hunt sound familiar?
If the secret to Trump’s upward fail is available for purchase, why aren’t more morally flexible politicians cashing in on the technique? “There’s a lot of mini Trumps, Marjorie Taylor Green, Carrie Lake. JD Vance wishes he was one, but he has a personality of a....”
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I remember Duane Gish from the early 1980s. Very smart man.
Here is an obituary:
https://www.icr.org/article/remembering-dr-duane-t-gish-creations/
Love it.
Lorraine Ali lies.
For entertainment purposes only.
Yup.
Arc light level of projection.🙄
Keeps them from having to talk about their own policies in their own media outlets.
“She’s pointed out that he effectively has been found liable for rape”
Harris has “effectively” been found to be a prostitute. Biden has “effectively” been proven to be a pedophile. The author of this article has “effectively” been proven to be a damned liar. “effectively” means “in someone’s imagination”.
Git ! esad
Yes Alinski learned from the media they were around much earlier than he was.
Anyone remember “Intelligent Design”?
It was a planted idea to make conservatives look stupid.
They want us painted as Flat Earth believers.
Faux News helped them do it.
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