Bethany Black on Nostr: There’s a rhetorical device called the “Gish Gallop” where you take control by ...
There’s a rhetorical device called the “Gish Gallop” where you take control by launching a whole series of accusations in one go so that if the opponent doesn’t refute them all the audience will think you won.
Because of the cadence and alliteration I never pronounce “gallop” like gallop in my head, it’s always g’llop
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