Gish Gallop in debates - How strong is it?

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There are three ways of debate tactic:

1. Focus on one best point
2. Focus on 2 to 10 strong points
3. Gish Gallop

Gish Gallop is a debating tactic in which you spam many reasons for your case to make it impossible for your opponent to respond to it all in a formal debate with equal time or equal text.

There are three types of Gash Gallop:
1. Spamming many argumentsĀ 
2. Spamming many different reasons to support arguments
3. In rebuttal, spamming many different reasons against opponent's claim.

The best is the combination of these three.

In live debating, gish gallop is priceless. With equal time, opponent cannot respond to reasons faster than you can say them, as the amount of words needed to refute the reason is usually higher than the amount of words needed to mention the reason.

Gish Gallop is different from other debating tactics. It does not rely on developing every reason in detail, but on using many different reasons which together create the strong case. Of course, the reasons can be developed and defended if needed. However, the first goal is to use as many different reasons as possible, and later defend those that the opponent challenges.
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Gish Gallop uses Brandolini's law.

Brandolini's law, also known as the bullshit asymmetry principle, is an internet adage coined in 2013 thatĀ emphasizes the effort of debunking misinformation, in comparison to the relative ease of creating it in the first place.