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The Gish gallop (/ ˈ ɡ ɪ ʃ ˈ ɡ æ l ə p /) is a rhetorical technique in which a person in a debate attempts to overwhelm an opponent by presenting an excessive number of arguments, with no regard for their accuracy or strength, with a rapidity that makes it impossible for the opponent to address them in the time available.
The Gish Gallop will certainly play a major role Tuesday when ABC News hosts the Harris-Trump debate live from Philadelphia. ... Biden's last disastrous debate with Trump is one such example. "The ...
Copper engraving of the "Great Galop" of Johann Strauss (1839). Galop rhythm. [1]In dance, the galop, named after the fastest running gait of a horse (see Gallop), a shortened version of the original term galoppade, is a lively country dance, introduced in the late 1820s to Parisian society by the Duchesse de Berry and popular in Vienna, Berlin and London.
An especially annoying variant is the Gish gallop, in which someone tries to "win" an argument by posting point after point so that no one can keep up. This is especially disruptive on Wikipedia; repeated edit conflicts make it difficult to post responses people actually bothered to write, and even one massive post making 20 points when 5 would ...
A horse and rider at the canter A miniature horse at a gallop. The canter and gallop are variations on the fastest gait that can be performed by a horse or other equine.The canter is a controlled three-beat gait, [1] while the gallop is a faster, four-beat variation of the same gait. [2]
A gallop is a beat or rhythm typically used in traditional heavy metal songs. [1] It is created by playing an eighth note followed by two sixteenth notes ( ), [ 2 ] usually on rhythm guitar, drums, or bass.
Double suspension gallop The double suspension gallop is also a four-time gait. The dog's weight, however, is not supported by the feet in the sequence of the single suspension gallop. Just after taking off from the LF and just after taking off from the RF suspension occurs. This is the only gait in which a dog is in full extension.
The gallop is very much like the canter, except that it is faster, more ground-covering, and the three-beat canter changes to a four-beat gait. It is the fastest gait of the horse, averaging about 40 to 48 kilometres per hour (25 to 30 mph), and in the wild is used when the animal needs to flee from predators or simply cover short distances ...