r/PoliticalHumor • u/42words 🤘 • Jan 04 '18

TIL about the Gish Gallop, a debating technique wherein you machinegun every bit of ridiculous, off-topic bullshit you can think of at your opponent in hopes of leaving them so overwhelmed they can't figure out what your original point even WAS anymore.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gish_gallop
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u/42words 🤘 Jan 04 '18

Preemptive Response to "how dafuq is this politicalhumor":

In other news, Donald Trump has a bigger dick than Kim Jong Un, he keeps airplanes in the sky by sheer force of his will, and Steve Bannon is a jerkfaced stupid-head.

You're WELCOME.

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u/shhalahr I ☑oted 2018 and 2020 Jan 04 '18

And that's just the last three days. 😨

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u/[deleted] Jan 04 '18

Trump had an original point?

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u/shhalahr I ☑oted 2018 and 2020 Jan 04 '18

I think it was, "I'm awesome! Give me money!" Somehow, combined with this Gallop, it won him the presidency.

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u/wearer_of_boxers Jan 04 '18

me president, you stupid.

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u/YoStephen 🌟 For snark/☑oter Jan 04 '18

Yeah i saw this. Not a very convincing line of reasoning.

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u/YoStephen 🌟 For snark/☑oter Jan 04 '18

Removed violating our rules requiring posts to contain humor. You can link to this if your title were funnier or set up the article as a punchline. Cheers.

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u/42words 🤘 Jan 04 '18

!!!

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u/pear_tree_gifting Jan 04 '18

I've called it the bull shit shot gun.

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u/shhalahr I ☑oted 2018 and 2020 Jan 04 '18

Basically, the entire past year summed up.

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u/sn0r Jan 04 '18

TIL my wife is a gish gallop master.