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by simondotau 1166 days ago
A partisan, prejudiced listicle is the online version of the Gish Gallop.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gish_gallop

1 comments

You can say that the article is partisan, prejudiced, or even stupid, but neither the article nor the comment are a gish gallop.

Seriously people, if you're going to call out logical fallacies, make sure you don't call out the wrong thing.

Gish Gallop isn’t a logical fallacy, it is a debate tactic. Seriously people, if you’re going to call out misuse of logical fallacies, make sure it is one.