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Stinky The Clown

(67,786 posts) Mon Sep 26, 2016, 09:56 PM Sep 2016

GishGallopGishGallopGishGallop

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GishGallopGishGallopGishGallop (Original Post) Stinky The Clown Sep 2016 OP

What does that mean? apcalc Sep 2016 #1

Link Stinky The Clown Sep 2016 #3

It's a Debating Technique DarthDem Sep 2016 #4

It's his mother tongue. Word salad is his second language Siwsan Sep 2016 #2

and a real sloppy one at that annabanana Sep 2016 #5

apcalc

(4,463 posts)

1. What does that mean?

Reply to Stinky The Clown (Original post)

Mon Sep 26, 2016, 09:57 PM

Sep 2016

Stinky The Clown

(67,786 posts)

3. Link

Reply to apcalc (Reply #1)

Mon Sep 26, 2016, 09:59 PM

Sep 2016

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Gish%20Gallop

DarthDem

(5,255 posts)

4. It's a Debating Technique

Reply to apcalc (Reply #1)

Mon Sep 26, 2016, 10:00 PM

Sep 2016

Where one person - usually the less-informed person on the substance - tries to throw out as many things at s/he can at the other, usually frenetically, hoping that some of them will stick because the other person doesn't have time to respond to them all.

Romney tried it against the president. It didn't work.

Siwsan

(26,259 posts)

2. It's his mother tongue. Word salad is his second language

Reply to Stinky The Clown (Original post)

Mon Sep 26, 2016, 09:58 PM

Sep 2016

IMHO, that is.

annabanana

(52,791 posts)

5. and a real sloppy one at that

Reply to Stinky The Clown (Original post)

Mon Sep 26, 2016, 10:01 PM

Sep 2016

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