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Moving the goalposts (or shifting the goalposts) is a metaphor, derived from goal-based sports such as football and hockey, that means to change the rule or criterion ("goal") of a process or competition while it is still in progress, in such a way that the new goal offers one side an advantage or disadvantage.
Argument to moderation – Informal fallacy that the truth is always a compromise, even if such a position is unfeasible; Comfort zone – Psychological state; Creeping normality – Process by which a change can be accepted through happening slowly; Hallin's spheres – Theory of media objectivity
Moving the goalposts (raising the bar) – argument in which evidence presented in response to a specific claim is dismissed and some other (often greater) evidence is demanded. Nirvana fallacy (perfect-solution fallacy) – solutions to problems are rejected because they are not perfect.
A small group of protesters supporting net neutrality protest against a plan by FCC head Ajit Pai, during a protest outside a Verizon store on December 7, 2017, in Los Angeles.
The South Goalposts, Part 1: The crossbar. Somehow, fans managed to get the south goalpost — the one McGrath’s kick had sailed through — up and out of the ground, gooseneck and all.
A goal is scored in either rugby code by place kicking or drop kicking a ball over the crossbar and between the uprights of H-shaped goalposts. [27] [28] The goalposts are positioned centrally on the goal line (the front line of the in-goal area). The crossbar is 3 metres (9.8 ft) from the ground; the uprights are 5.5 metres (18 ft) apart in ...
All told, the amount of time between the final whistle and the goal post's submergence came out to less than 20 minutes. Soon, the Kansas fans were off to celebrate elsewhere, while The Athletic's ...
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