- Kamala Harris’ campaign is demanding that microphones stay unmuted at the next debate.
- It’s a break from Joe Biden, who insisted on microphone muting at the June 27 debate.
- It indicates the vice president thinks outbursts from Trump would end up benefiting her.
The reason i don’t think that it’ll work so well is that they’ll take their soundbites and run with it.
They can edit out the good comebacks from Kamala, after all, and just air the bits that make her look stupid- even if they have to invent those bits.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gish_gallop#:~:text=Countering the Gish gallop,-British journalist Mehdi&text=Choose the weakest%2C dumbest%2C most,clearly made the counter point.
I wasn’t espousing an opinion. Rhetoric is well studied, and we generally have found the best ways to answer to most kinds of bad arguments. Gish Gallop is no different.
I’m not saying you’re wrong, I’m saying, I’m not sure in this case, when Kamala’s rhetoric won’t reach the appropriate audience, that strategy might not work.
Trump’s audience is deeply uncritical, and they’re easily convinced most the shit he says is “fake news”.
The republican base is literally tailor-made for the gish gallop.