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Gish Gallop is the debating technique of drowning an opponent in such a torrent of small arguments that the opponent cannot possibly answer or address each one in real time. More often than not, these myriad arguments are full of
half-truths,
lies, and
straw-man arguments — the only condition is that there be many of them, not that they be particularly compelling on their own. They may be
escape hatches or
"gotcha" arguments that are specifically designed to be brief, but take a long time to unravel. Thus, galloping is frequently used in timed debates (especially by
creationists) to overwhelm one's opponent.
http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Gish_Gallop